Data broker Whitepages has been sued by a retired West Virginia police officer in a class action after it allegedly published his home address, which constitutes a violation of the state's 2021 statute that prohibits the disclosure of addresses and phone numbers from active and retired law enforcement personnel.
More than 120,000 files and over 1.7 million activity logs leaked by the database revealed Confidant Health patients' psychiatry intake notes, medical histories, disclosures of alcohol and other substance abuse, moods, memory, medications, and overall mental state.
Check out this episode from the ESW Vault, hand picked by main host Adrian Sanabria! This episode was initially published on April 21 2023. Quantum computers are scaling rapidly. Soon, they will be powerful enough to solve previously unsolvable problems. But they come with a global challenge: fully-realized quantum computers will be able to break s...
Clearview AI committed significant violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation after establishing the database without properly notifying individuals whose images were included, said the DPA, which could impose an additional $5.6 million fine on the firm should it continue GDPR nonadherence.
Under the bill, all web browsers would be required to integrate an "opt-out preference signal" tool that would allow opt-out requests for all visited websites.
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