Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Enacted in May 2018, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act rolls back some of the restrictions placed on banks in the wake of the Great Recession of the last decade. By the same token, freezes do nothing to prevent crooks from abusing unauthorized access to these existing accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

I am proud of how the exceptional lawyers and professionals in my office have creatively applied the District’s strong consumer protection laws to set the standard nationally and provide users far greater control of their personal information.”. Racine while announcing that Google will pay $9.5 — AG Karl A. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The settlement is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever, states the announcement published by DoJ. “Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information. not hidden); and.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 1, 2023

The allegations initially surfaced in 2018 when a female employee, assigned to an engineering position on a contract basis, discovered that a male colleague had been accessing a network of Ring cameras to invade the privacy of their female coworkers in work areas, bathrooms, and restrooms. Consequently, the US regulator imposed a fine of $5.8

Consumer Protection 105

Consumer Protection Retail Engineering Accountability 105

SC Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

Prior to the GDPR, many consumers were unaware of the types and vast amount of personal data companies collected. However, the GDPR, along with breaking news stories about data privacy, such as Cambridge Analytica in 2018, awakened consumers to how their data gets used in ways they never anticipated. Consider the U.S.,

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Data privacy Marketing Consumer Protection Media 113

Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

During the pandemic, practically everyone—families, schools, social groups, businesses—is using videoconferencing to communicate, making the security of these platforms more critical than ever,” Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in November.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 7, 2023

Anyone taking the bait stands a good chance of losing control of their personal data or suffering from all manner of dubious payments leaving their bank account. In the meantime, we will keep using the tools we have to hold those behind fraudulent calling schemes accountable. These calls promise much but give very little.

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