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TikTok Is Hit With $368 Million Fine Under Europe’s Strict Data Privacy Rules

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TikTok Is Hit With $368 Million Fine Under Europe’s Strict Data Privacy Rules 18/09/2023 at 13:51 By Associated Press European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. The post […]

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Imagine Making Shadowy Data Brokers Erase Your Personal Info. Californians May Soon Live the Dream

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Imagine Making Shadowy Data Brokers Erase Your Personal Info. Californians May Soon Live the Dream 18/09/2023 at 05:32 By Associated Press California state Legislature has passed the Delete Act to allow individuals to order data brokers to delete their personal data — and to cease acquiring and selling it in the future. The post Imagine

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What are address poisoning attacks in crypto and how to avoid them?

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What are address poisoning attacks in crypto and how to avoid them? 16/09/2023 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph By Tayyub Yaqoob Address poisoning attacks involve tracking, misusing or compromising cryptocurrency addresses. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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California Settles With Google Over Location Privacy Practices for $93 Million

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California Settles With Google Over Location Privacy Practices for $93 Million 15/09/2023 at 18:01 By Associated Press Search giant Google has agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California over its location-privacy practices. The post California Settles With Google Over Location Privacy Practices for $93 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Modernizing fraud prevention with machine learning

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Modernizing fraud prevention with machine learning 15/09/2023 at 08:33 By Help Net Security The number of digital transactions has skyrocketed. As consumers continue to spend and interact online, they have growing expectations for security and identity verification. As fraudsters become savvier and more opportunistic, there’s an increased need for businesses to protect customers from fraud

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The critical role of authorization in safeguarding financial institutions

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The critical role of authorization in safeguarding financial institutions 14/09/2023 at 07:01 By Help Net Security According to a recent Cost of Data Breach report, the financial industry has the second highest average cost for a data breach, making the value well worth financial institutions investing more into authorization. In this Help Net Security video,

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Google Chrome launches built-in user tracking for advertisers

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Google Chrome launches built-in user tracking for advertisers 11/09/2023 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph By Tom Blackstone Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox tracks users’ behavior within the browser instead of relying on third-party cookies. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Empowering consumer privacy with network security

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Empowering consumer privacy with network security 11/09/2023 at 07:38 By Help Net Security Every online interaction hinges on the bedrock of network security. With cyber threats and data breaches making headlines daily, businesses must understand how network security safeguards consumer privacy. In this Help Net Security video, Shawn Edwards, CSO at Zayo Group, discusses how

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Meta’s assault on privacy should serve as a warning against AI

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Meta’s assault on privacy should serve as a warning against AI 07/09/2023 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph By Callum Kennard Facebook was the worst thing to happen to user privacy over the last two decades. Artificial intelligence could be the worst thing to happen in the days ahead. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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Casa wallet launches Ethereum vault relay service for increased user privacy

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Casa wallet launches Ethereum vault relay service for increased user privacy 07/09/2023 at 11:04 By Cointelegraph By Gareth Jenkinson Private key manager Casa has launched a transaction relay feature to offer its Ethereum users more privacy when transacting from their personal vaults. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Baseline standards for BYOD access requirements

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Baseline standards for BYOD access requirements 07/09/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security 49% of enterprises across Europe currently have no formal Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policy in place, meaning they have no visibility into or control over if and how employees are connecting personal devices to corporate resources, according to a Jamf survey. With the summer

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Financial privacy and regulation can co-exist with ZK-proofs — Vitalik Buterin

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Financial privacy and regulation can co-exist with ZK-proofs — Vitalik Buterin 06/09/2023 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph By Ana Paula Pereira A new paper co-authored by Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin highlights the use of zero-knowledge proofs as a tool for regulatory compliance and on-chain privacy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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25 Major Car Brands Get Failing Marks From Mozilla for Security and Privacy 

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25 Major Car Brands Get Failing Marks From Mozilla for Security and Privacy  06/09/2023 at 16:47 By Eduard Kovacs Mozilla has analyzed the privacy and security of 25 major car brands and found that they collect a lot of data and can share it or sell it to third parties.  The post 25 Major Car

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5 ways in which FHE can solve blockchain’s privacy problems

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5 ways in which FHE can solve blockchain’s privacy problems 04/09/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Blockchain technology has gained significant traction due to its decentralized nature and immutability, providing transparency and security for various applications, especially in finance. Having gained notoriety during the 2010s with the boom of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, skilled

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Worldcoin signs up over 9K users in Argentina in a single day despite criticism

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Worldcoin signs up over 9K users in Argentina in a single day despite criticism 31/08/2023 at 22:04 By Cointelegraph By Tom Blackstone The iris-scanning project saw a surge of signups in Argentina, registering an average of one user every nine seconds. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Easy-to-exploit Skype vulnerability reveals users’ IP address

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Easy-to-exploit Skype vulnerability reveals users’ IP address 29/08/2023 at 13:32 By Zeljka Zorz A vulnerability in Skype mobile apps can be exploited by attackers to discover a user’s IP address – a piece of information that may endanger individuals whose physical security depends on their general location remaining secret. The vulnerability The security vulnerability has

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IT leaders alarmed by generative AI’s SaaS security implications

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IT leaders alarmed by generative AI’s SaaS security implications 29/08/2023 at 06:03 By Help Net Security IT leaders are grappling with anxiety over the risks of generative AI despite continued confidence in their software-as-a-service (SaaS) security posture, according to Snow Software. 96% of respondents indicated they were still ‘confident or very confident’ in their organization’s

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Google updates service policies to comply with EU regulations

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Google updates service policies to comply with EU regulations 28/08/2023 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph By Savannah Fortis Google and other major platforms on the web will need to update their service policies in order to comply with EU standards in its Digital Services Act by Aug. 28. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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Uncovering a privacy-preserving approach to machine learning

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Uncovering a privacy-preserving approach to machine learning 28/08/2023 at 08:01 By Help Net Security In the era of data-driven decision making, businesses are harnessing the power of machine learning (ML) to unlock valuable insights, gain operational efficiencies, and solidify competitive advantage. Although recent developments in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have raised unprecedented awareness around the

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Customizing LLMs for domain-specific tasks

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Customizing LLMs for domain-specific tasks 28/08/2023 at 06:02 By Help Net Security The expansion of large language models (LLMs) in recent times has brought about a revolutionary change in machine learning processes and has introduced fresh perspectives on the potential of AI, according to Predibase. Based on survey data from organizations experimenting with LLMs, researchers

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