Hong Kong privacy watchdog warns URA over leaked details of 199 tenants, owners

Jess Ma reports: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has served a warning letter to the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) over its failure to prevent a leak of the personal details of 199 tenants and owners stored on a cloud platform. The Office of the Privacy Co… Continue reading Hong Kong privacy watchdog warns URA over leaked details of 199 tenants, owners

Hackers Claim To Have Compromised Data Broker Used By U.S. Government To Dodge Warrants

Over on TechDirt, Karl Bode writes: Gravy Analytics, the parent company of Venntel, is like many dodgy data brokers. The company gleans vast troves of sensitive U.S. behavior and location cellphone data, then generally sells access to that data to a lo… Continue reading Hackers Claim To Have Compromised Data Broker Used By U.S. Government To Dodge Warrants