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Your location or browsing habits could lead to price increases when buying online

Malwarebytes

Companies are showing customers different prices for the same goods and services based what data they have on them, including details like their precise location or browser history. The name for this method is surveillance pricing, and the FTC has just released initial findings of a report looking into that practice.

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Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data

Krebs on Security

for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service , which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me. ” But several days after a Jan.

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“We will hold them accountable”: General Motors sued for selling customer driving data to third parties

Malwarebytes

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued General Motors (GM) for the unlawful collection and sale of over 1.5 million Texans’ private driving data to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent. The driving data collected and sold by GM included trip details like speed, seatbelt status, and driven distance.

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What To Know About Privacy Data

Identity IQ

For example, some countries may use a singular set of data protection regulations, whereas the United States decided to divide the data protection law into multiple categories. Let’s take a closer look at the specific data privacy laws that have been implemented in the U.S.:

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

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention. Protecting the integrity and confidentiality of data collected by all connected devices.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Wiz Cloud security 2020 Private Evervault Developer encryption 2019 Private Verkada Security surveillance 2019 Private Armis IoT network security 2015 Private Sumo Logic Threat intelligence 2014 Nasdaq: SUMO Okta Identity management 2013 Nasdaq: OKTA Barracuda Enterprise security 2006 Private. Sequoia Investments.

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Privacy predictions 2023

SecureList

In the US, for example, the FTC has requested public comments on the “prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers” to inform future legislation. This showed how consumer data collection can directly impact the relationships between citizens and governments.

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