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Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

The Blacklist Alliance provides technologies and services to marketing firms concerned about lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law that restricts the making of telemarketing calls through the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages.

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8 Ways to Protect Yourself against Scams on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Adam Levin

of those consumers lost money due to those scams, up from 71.2% A BBB survey conducted in August found that the majority of these scammed consumers made purchases for which they never received products. Credit cards come with consumer protections that limit your liability if your card information is stolen.

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Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is hacking crooks behind Coronavirus-themed attacks

Security Affairs

Recently the Australian consumer protection agency Australian Competition & Consumer Commission warned of scammers targeting superannuation in COVID-19 crisis. Instead, you should always type the full name of the website into your browser yourself,” Ms Rickard added.

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GUEST ESSAY: A primer on best practices for automating supply chain cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

Data breaches exposed over 37 billion records in 2020 alone — a 141% jump from 2019. Businesses must automatically secure their supply chains to protect themselves and comply with consumer-protection laws. Simply put, cyberattacks are on the rise.

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CafePress faces $500,000 fine for data breach cover up

Malwarebytes

According to Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection: “CafePress employed careless security practices and concealed multiple breaches from consumers.”. CafePress waited seven months to publicly disclose a 2019 breach, and only did so after it had been reported in the news. The breach.

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Business ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures

Krebs on Security

In 2019, Dun & Bradstreet saw more than a 100 percent increase in business identity theft. For example, only recently did the three major consumer reporting bureaus allow all U.S. “It’s still not good by any means, but it’s definitely better for consumers than it is for businesses.

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Explained: Privacy washing

Malwarebytes

. “ According to lobbying reports and other records, Alphabet and its subsidiaries have spent more than $125 million on federal lobbying, campaign contributions, and trade associations since 2019. This is done under the guise that Google wants regulators to let companies decide themselves what’s good for you and for society.