Seven European consumer groups filed complaints against Google with national regulators Tuesday, accusing the internet giant of covertly tracking users’ movements in violation of an EU regulation on data protection. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/Xxs5I5R7T70/google-accused-manipulation-t..
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Security blogger Brian Krebs revealed recently that an API used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) had a vulnerability that potentially exposed the data of 60 million customers. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/97PQz8LrbFk/industry-reactions-usps-exposing..
Hospital network Atrium Health informed patients on Tuesday that their personal information was compromised following a breach at technology solutions provider AccuDoc. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/26AOQH3kwIo/data-breach-hits-26-million-atrium-healt..
The ride-hailing service Uber has been fined the equivalent of nearly $1.2 million by British and Dutch authorities for failing to protect customers’ data during a cyberattack in 2016. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/aws-gNR8EAI/uber-fined-nearly-12-million-dutch-uk-over-d..
Britain’s parliament has seized confidential Facebook documents from the developer of a now-defunct bikini photo searching app as it turns up the heat on the social media company over its data protection policies. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/OZQDrICg1SU/uk-parliament-seizes-confidential-facebook..
Enlarge / A camera trap working properly. (credit: Flickr user: NationalZoo) Over the past two decades automated wildlife cameras—known as camera traps—have proven invaluable in ecological research and conservation management. Their sensitive motion detectors have enabled scientific surveys of rare or shy animals in dense forest and as a consequence have seen broader use around ..
In the battle for online privacy, U.S. search giant Google is a Goliath facing a handful of European Davids. The backlash over Big Tech’s collection of personal data offers new hope to a number of little-known search engines that promise to protect user privacy. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/WTeELrj7blM/european-privacy-search-engines-aim-challe..
Amazon informed some customers this week that their name and email address were exposed due to a “technical error,” but the company provided very few other details. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/YnqOFLzXAAc/amazon-exposes-customer-names-email..
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People who have synced their mobile phones with a wide variety of vehicle infotainment systems may have have their personal information exposed to a new type of vehicle hack, security researchers say. read more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/FTQjUNrOVbs/new-vehicle-hack-exposes-users%E2%80%99-private-data..
