An estimated 1,529 patients were informed by Detroit Medical Center (DMC) of a data breach that involved their private health information. In a statement made by DMC last Thursday, the breach was caused by an employee of a staffing agency that was contracted by the hospital....
Last Thursday, privacy advocates criticized the Trump administration's plan to require face scans for citizens boarding international flights. Aimed at tracking overstaying citizens better, the government announced that it is ready to use face recognition technology on its citizens. According to the Department of Homeland Security...
Uber has announced on Thursday that it has released a new differential open-source privacy tool that allows analysts to search large amounts of data without showing individual information included in the search. The ride hailing company recognized the need to gather trip information in a more...
Last Thursday, Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has reported 18 data breaches to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). The data covers 5 years of financial information dating from July 2012. The information revealed that there were millions of suspicious cyber...
Leaders of Europe’s major data protection authorities said on Thursday that employers should avoid accessing their workers social media profiles to screen them on a general basis. They also noted that employees must not be forced to accept Facebook friend requests from bosses. The statement was...
USA - In a memo to Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the US Customs and Border Protection said that while their agents have been given the authority to search electronic devices, it does not extend to information stored on the cloud. CBP’s border search policy allows...
An estimated 14 million Verizon customer records have been exposed Last Wednesday. Six months worth of data was found in unprotected Amazon S3 storage server that was being operated by an employee of Nice Systems in Israel. Reports from privacy watchdogs have linked Nice Systems to...
Last July 11, Trump Hotel management revealed that hackers have obtained the personal information of their guests. Locations in New York City, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Chicago, Rio De Janeiro, and Vancouver were included in the attack. The unfortunate incident came just months after the hotel...
Earlier last month, the University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) warned 5,300 patients that their personal data had been left accessible online for 2 years. The hospital noted that it was a “limited set of data” that came with their health records. Upon learning their mistake,...
More than 1,000 members of the California Association of Realtors (CAR) have been targeted by a hacker for their credit card information. In reports last Tuesday, the breach was conducted through an online store that sold things like blank home sales contracts, books, and mugs....