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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.
Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive who has emerged as a powerful privacy advocate, has called on the U.S. FederalTradeCommission (FTC) to put in place a new framework to increase the transparency of companies that handle user data.
The FederalTradeCommission 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.
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.
This week, the ride-hailing company has made arrangements to settle with the FederalTradeCommission (FTC) over allegations that it did not protect consumer privacy in a 2014 breach.
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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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The speech encompassed privacy violations and data breaches, among other topics, CNBC reported. Cook said, “We see it every day now with every data breach, every privacy violation, every blind eye turned to hate speech, fake news poisoning out national conversation, the false miracles in exchange for a single drop of your blood.”
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice (DOJ) and FederalTradeCommission (FTC). after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ruled that the social media network operator was engaged in “serious breaches of data protection.”.
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Consumer Watchdog has called on Congress to enact legislation that would protect consumers’ online privacy in the wake of Facebook’s data scandal. Facebook has a longtime record of violating privacy, making a show of apologizing, and then going forward to invade privacy again,” said John M.
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lawmakers about how his company can better protect its users’ data following the Cambridge Analytica breach. Among the most significant reforms was the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an EU-wide mandate to strengthen the protection measures impacting EU citizens’ personal data and privacy.
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