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Retailers Are Rapidly Scaling Surveillance of Australian Consumers — Why This Is a Red Flag

Tech Republic Security

Australian retailers are rolling out mass surveillance solutions to combat shoplifting, but a poor regulatory environment could mean high risks associated with data security and privacy.

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Sephora Becomes First Company Publicly Fined Under CCPA

SecureWorld News

million for violating California's Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), becoming the first company to be publicly fined under the landmark privacy law. Attorney General Bonta discusses the settlement: "Technologies like the Global Privacy Control are a game changer for consumers looking to exercise their data privacy rights.

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Best Facial Recognition Software for Enterprises In 2022

eSecurity Planet

With all the gathered data on facial recognition technology, it indeed offers significant potential for the security aspects of enterprises. It focuses on emotion, behavior, age, voice, and gender recognition to provide surveillance and security solutions. However, there are a few noteworthy concerns.

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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. But making the IoT work requires trust in the devices and the data they collect.

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Security Roundup January 2025

BH Consulting

The roundup lists the incidents in chronological order, starting with last Januarys ransomware incident against LoanDept, one of Americas largest retail mortgage lenders. Februarys Change Healthcare ransomware attack led to 100 million data breach notices being sent. Connected cars drive roughshod over data privacy.

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The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

Krebs on Security

But a new lawsuit in a likely constitutional battle over a New Jersey privacy law shows that anyone can now access this capability, thanks to a proliferation of commercial services that hoover up the digital exhaust emitted by widely-used mobile apps and websites. Delaware-based Atlas Data Privacy Corp.

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Surveillance pricing is “evil and sinister,” explains Justin Kloczko (Lock and Code S06E04)

Malwarebytes

It’s a pricing model that most people find distasteful, but its also a pricing model that could become the norm if companies across the world begin implementing something called surveillance pricing. Surveillance pricing is the term used to describe companies charging people different prices for the exact same goods.