Privacy

A New Jersey-based law firm that the ride-sharing service has used for legal representation notified affected parties of the breach.

The Information Commissioner’s Office found TikTok used personal data tied to children under 13 without parental consent.

Erich Andersen, the general counsel of ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, has defended the app's protection of the personal data of its U.S. users from the Chinese government, The Associated Press reports.

Nearly all hospital websites use at least one type of tracking tool, pixel, or cookie that routinely shares patient datas, according to new research.

TechCrunch reports that U.S. pediatric virtual mental healthcare startup Brightline was confirmed by Blue Shield of California to have been impacted by a widespread Clop ransomware attack involving the exploitation of a zero-day security flaw in Fortra GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer systems.

The Snatch ransomware operation has admitted responsibility for a ransomware attack against the City of Modesto, California last month, but did not provide details regarding the extent of its data theft activities or when the stolen data would be leaked, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Major Australian financial services firm Latitude Financial Services has issued an updated breach notification warning noting that 14 million customers in Australia and New Zealand had their data compromised as a result of a cyberattack, significantly higher than the 328,000 individuals initially reported to have been impacted by the data breach, BleepingComputer reports.

Pennsylvania-based debt purchasing firm NCB Management Services has disclosed being impacted by a cyberattack last month, compromising sensitive financial data from 494,969 individuals, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.