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Credit Freezes are Free: Let the Ice Age Begin

Krebs on Security

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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Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

Security Affairs

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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Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

Security Affairs

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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Amazon agrees to pay $31 after FTC Privacy and Security charges

CyberSecurity Insiders

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

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Three takeaways from three years of GDPR

SC Magazine

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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Zoom Settles with FTC over Allegations of Deceptive Security Practices

Hot for Security

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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FCC comes down hard on robocallers with record $300m fine

Malwarebytes

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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