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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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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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Ashley Madison Data Breach Victims To Receive $11.2 Million

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Two years after its tumultuous and massive data breach exposing millions of its users’ data to the public, the controversial Ashley Madison site — which sets up married or people in committed relationships with others looking for sexual encounters — has finally reached a settlement.

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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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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. The drama that wages on with Uber may be coming a halt soon — at least on one front anyway.

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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.

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Apple’s Tim Cook Preaches Tech Firm Responsibility

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The speech encompassed privacy violations and data breaches, among other topics, CNBC reported. In addition, the outlet noted that the speech is the newest in a series where Cook has talked about his data security perspectives. The news comes as Cook called on the U.S.