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MAY 22, 2020

Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois and Ohio have warned tens of thousands of residents who have applied online for unemployment benefits due to COVID-19 of possible data breaches that could have exposed names, addresses and Social Security numbers.

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MARCH 5, 2019

There are privacy worries, of course, if data like this is being exposed,” he said, according to The Financial Times. That could mean that the logs might have come from services provided by China’s Tencent, but Tencent did not respond to a request for comment. It’s worrisome that these things appear online so easily.

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APRIL 29, 2019

The lawsuit was filed on April 26, and the credit union said that its web platform, which is maintained by Fiserv, is “plagued with security vulnerabilities that affect the privacy of thousands of Bessemer’s members.”. The credit union says it’s owed relief from damages that include negligence, breach of contract and unfair trade practices.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

European Union (EU) privacy watchdogs are at odds over whether to fine Twitter Inc. for its handling of a data breach last year and how much should be assessed. The Wall Street Journal reported that the disagreement was disclosed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, one of the EU’s privacy regulators. tech companies.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The FTC is about to complete an investigation into the data breach and whether Facebook violated a consent decree reached in 2011 and could levy Facebook with a sizeable fine, reported The Wall Street Journal. Others advocates calling for the breakup include Color of Change and Open Markets Institute , noted the report.

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