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What To Know About Privacy Data

Identity IQ

Why Is Data Privacy Important? If you have never been affected by a scam or issue such as identity theft, then you may not yet fully comprehend the important role that data privacy plays. Data privacy refers to keeping the information that we discussed in the previous section safe and confidential.

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Data Brokers: What They Are and How to Safeguard Your Privacy

IT Security Guru

Data brokers are businesses or individuals who collect and sell people’s personal information, including phone details and browsing behavior. In this post, we will look at how data brokers operate and some critical steps we can take to protect our personal information better.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Management Problems Have Created a Privacy Nightmare For Americans – Even Without Vaccine Passports

Joseph Steinberg

And, ironically, while so many pundits continue to raise privacy concerns about “vaccine passports” – properly implemented passports would likely create far fewer privacy issues than we have already already created by our vaccine mismanagement.

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Mental Health Apps are Likely Collecting and Sharing Your Data

Security Boulevard

TABLE OF CONTENTS Understanding HIPAA Mental health apps collect a wealth of personal information Information collection extends past user disclosure Mental health apps may share your information with third parties Can users protect their privacy while using mental health apps?

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What is Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Protection Act?

Centraleyes

Maryland Takes the Lead in Privacy Legislation with Comprehensive MODPA The Maryland legislature enacted two comprehensive privacy bills to limit how big tech platforms can acquire and utilize customers’ and children’s data. states in enforcing its residents’ privacy rights thus far.

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Vehicle Identification Numbers reveal driver data via telematics

Malwarebytes

There are many ways that data collection, and data availability, make less sense as the years pass by. This number is crucial for everything from insurance and accidents to modification work done and even crime. “Weaponising car data” is not a phrase you may have ever expected to see, but here we are.

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Knock, Knock; Who’s There? – IoT Device Identification & Data Integrity Is No Joke

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Moreover, increasingly strict regulations such as the EU’s General Data Protection (GDPR) and the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), among others, have added the potential for significant fines to make data privacy and security a top priority for many businesses.

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