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Senate Hearing Grills Equifax, Marriott CEOs On Data Breaches

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Data privacy and security is becoming a popular political issue, and the latest proof of that came Thursday (March 7) on Capitol Hill. The hearing took place at a time of increasing scrutiny for online privacy and security. firms were falling victim to online attacks, noting that there were 1,200 data breaches in the U.S.

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FTC Files Suit Against Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Privacy Breach

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The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has filed a suit against data analytics company Cambridge Analytica. In addition to the administrative complaint, the agency also revealed that it filed settlements with Cambridge Analytica’s former chief executive and an app developer who worked with the company.

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Apple CEO: Privacy Must Be First, Not Added Later

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Apple CEO Tim Cook said that privacy is something that needs to be a factor throughout a product’s entire development process. You don’t bolt-on privacy,” Cook said at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference on Tuesday (Nov, 19). You can see what happens when companies wake up one day and decide they’re going to do something privacy-wise.

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U.S. Regulators Eye ‘Record’ Facebook Fine For Privacy Violations

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Regulators in the United States have reportedly met to discuss levying fines against social media giant Facebook , a punishment that could be sizable in scope and which comes in the wake of privacy violations. Other data privacy issues have been reported beyond that linkup. million paid by Google in 2012. billion.

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Uber Settles 2014 Consumer Data Breach Accusations With FTC

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This week, the ride-hailing company has made arrangements to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that it did not protect consumer privacy in a 2014 breach.

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Apple CEO Wants FTC To Let Consumers Control Their Data

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Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive who has emerged as a powerful privacy advocate, has called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to put in place a new framework to increase the transparency of companies that handle user data.

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EU Privacy Regulators To Coordinate Uber Hack Cover-Up Inquiries

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Privacy regulators of the European Union said Wednesday (Nov. 29) they have created a task force to coordinate the inquiries into the data breach at Uber , which the ride-hailing company covered up for a year. Australia and the Philippines are launching inquiries into how Uber handled the data breach. Lawmakers in the U.S.

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