Experian’s VP of Data Breach Resolution, Michael Bruemmer said in a recent interview that the hacking of biometric devices is likely to surge in 2019 due to the increased adoption of biometrics as part of a multi-factor or stand-alone protection measure. Bruemmer pointed out that...
UK’s Privacy International has reportedly submitted complaints to EU regulators against several US companies for violating the GDPR. The complaint, submitted to UK, Ireland, and France, said that Oracle, Axciom, Criteo, Quantcast, Tapad, Equifax, and Experian had violated Articles five and six of Europe’s new data...
Experian, a credit reporting firm, recently announced a new service called Child ID Scan which can help parents discover if their child is a victim of identity theft. The free, one-time service will check the child’s social security number is linked with an Experian credit file....
Facebook announced earlier this week that it had ceased its partnership with several large data brokers that help advertisers target users on the platform. Facebook revealed that it will be cutting its ties to companies including Acxiom, Experian, Oracle Data Cloud, TransUnion and WPP PLC, which...
TIO Networks, a payment processor recently acquired by PayPal, revealed last week that it will be suspending operations due to a hacking incident that involved the theft of personal identifiable information (PII) of its 1.6 million users. TIO was bought by PayPal in July 2017 for...
USA - Fast food chain Sonic recently divulged in a press release that the breach that hit the company was caused by malware, and that affected customers are eligible to a free identity theft protection service provided by Experian. Sonic however, did not specify that the...
Fremont, California - A lawsuit was filed against Tesla earlier this week in Federal court for alleged violation of customer privacy rights. The class action lawsuit, filed by consumer plaintiff attorney Abbas Kazeronian, states that Tesla took information from its customer’s driver’s licenses without their consent....
The Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) alerted more than 600 of their patients, stating a case of “data misdirection” on the part of third-party vendor Experian Health. Experian Health provides SIH with information for verification of patient insurance eligibility. Previously in April, they reported a technical error...
An industry study released by the Experian Data Breach Resolution and Ponemon Institute revealed that companies fail to properly understand and perform the organizational changes to comply to the Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For the study Data Risks and Regulations in the Global Economy, the...