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Facebook sued for siphoning facial recognition data without consent

Malwarebytes

Facebook was able to collect such data via its face recognition technology. Facebook introduced face recognition technology in 2010 to make tagging friends and family on photos more manageable. Facebook introduced face recognition technology in 2010 to make tagging friends and family on photos more manageable.

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IDIQ Names Veteran Michael Scheumack Chief Marketing Officer

Identity IQ

Temecula, California, October 11, 2022 – IDIQ , an industry leader in identity theft protection and credit report monitoring, has named Michael Scheumack to the role of chief marketing officer. Coast Guard where he started his education and began working in the technology industry. Scheumack began his career serving in the U.S.

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MY TAKE: Why Satya Nadella is wise to align with privacy advocates on regulating facial recognition

The Last Watchdog

You may not have noticed, but there has been a flurry of breakthroughs in biometric technology, led by some leapfrog advances in facial recognition systems over the past couple of years. The ultimate concern with this technology is that we’ll end up in a surveillance society where your I.D. Ubiquitous surveillance. Advanced use cases.

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GUEST ESSAY: A primer on the degrees of privacy tech companies assign to your digital footprints

The Last Watchdog

Regulations such as the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) in the US and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU address this, particularly when personally identified information ( PII ) is involved. Predictive approaches are possible by pairing first-party data with ML-based models.

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NIST Releases Draft Guidance On Securing Wireless Infusion Pumps In The Healthcare Industry

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On May 8, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), […].

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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. 1 November 2017. For over 30 years I have studied the technologies of security and privacy. It confessed to another data leak in January 2017. Before the.

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Scary Fraud Ensues When ID Theft & Usury Collide

Krebs on Security

” Bailey said in one common type of arrangement, the lender provides the necessary capital, expertise, staff, technology, and corporate structure to run the lending business and keeps most of the profits. But if recent events are any indication, legal landscape is shifting towards increased accountability and transparency.”