Category «ID Theft»

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 14, 2024

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 14, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Health Care, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy, Social Media

FTC – Examining the Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services

Examining the Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services, September 2024. In December 2020, the Federal Trade Commission issued 6(b) Orders to nine of the largest social media and video streaming services—Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Snap, ByteDance, Discord, Reddit, and WhatsApp (“Companies”). At the time, a bipartisan group of Commissioners issued a joint …

Subjects: AI, E-Commerce, E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, ID Theft, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine, Privacy

Voted in America? This Site Doxed You

404 Media: “If you voted in the U.S. presidential election [November 5, 2024] in which Donald Trump won comfortably, or a previous election, a website powered by a right-wing group is probably doxing you. VoteRef makes it trivial for anyone to search the name, physical address, age, party affiliation, and whether someone voted that year …

Subjects: Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Inside Redbox’s insane bankruptcy unwinding

Sherwood: “Ever wanted to own 46 copies of Orlando Bloom’s latest movie? What about a dozen empty Redbox DVD cases? Or maybe an entire Redbox kiosk, free with local pickup? It’s all up for grabs, thanks to Redbox’s recent demise. The chain of DVD-rental kiosks filed for bankruptcy in June after racking up close to …

Subjects: Courts, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, ID Theft, Intellectual Property, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 12, 2024

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 12, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Records, Health Care, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy

FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance

Report recommends limiting data retention and sharing, restricting targeted advertising, and strengthening protections for teens – “A new Federal Trade Commission staff report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services shows they engaged in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information while …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Government Documents, ID Theft, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Social Media

Got a Change Healthcare letter about a data breach? Here’s what to do

Washington Post [gift article]: “After Change Healthcare, a technology company owned by UnitedHealth Group, reported a giant ransomware attack, you may have received a letter by mail letting you know your data has been compromised. But you get a lot of random stuff in the mail, too. How can you determine if the letter is …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Health Care, ID Theft, Internet

National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords

Krebs on Security: “New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security Numbers, addresses, and phone numbers online. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that another NPD data broker which shares access to the same consumer records inadvertently published the passwords …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, ID Theft, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Data brokers are undermining country’s safety, privacy and security

roi-nj.com: “In Jersey and beyond, our law enforcement, judges and elected officials are putting both their privacy and lives on the line to serve. We must take steps in Congress and beyond to protect the well-being of those who choose to work for the people. New Jersey saw the acute need for privacy for our …

Subjects: E-Records, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines