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From Twitter, Samsung to Rockstar Games, here are the top data breaches of 2022
Data breaches have become quite common, affecting millions of users. Companies like Twitter, LastPa…
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Here's what data you can expect to give up by joining Threads
Threads, Meta's competitor for Twitter, has already registered millions of users — but the app coll…
Sebastian Cahill
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The FBI is investigating claims that a Colorado elections official leaked sensitive data to QAnon followers
The FBI wants to know how data from Colorado election machines ended up being featured in QAnon vid…
Tom Porter
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Beauty brands are combining AI and 3D-printing tech to make personalized skincare products that target your specific needs
Beauty companies are harnessing the power of AI and 3D printing to bring consumers personalized ski…
Bella Sayegh
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India’s new data protection bill makes a good show of user rights — but can it deliver on its promises?
When it comes to data privacy it looks like users have every option available to them except for th…
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A Texas anti-abortion tip site collects sensitive information on people seeking and providing healthcare. Experts warn that data could be dangerous in the wrong hands.
Texas Right to Life accidentally leaked hundreds of job applicants' resumes. Experts said the same …
Madison Hall,Hannah Beckler
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Most major companies admit they may be selling your personal information, a new study finds
Cars were ranked as the worst technology for privacy. Owners have little to no control over the per…
Frank Bajak
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How to find out in 2 easy steps if your data was exposed in an online breach
The website "Have I been pwned," can tell you if your email account or password has been compromise…
Natasha Dailey
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A Facebook engineer abused access to user data to track down a woman who had left their hotel room after they fought on vacation, new book says
Facebook fired 52 employees from January 2014 to August 2015 for abusing company access to user dat…
Sarah Jackson
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Google, Amazon, Twitter, and Facebook remain apprehensive about India’s new data laws but Paytm is open to regulation
While Paytm has welcomed India’s new Personal Data Protection Bill, Google, Twitter, and Amazon …
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Major security flaws found on TikTok left people's sensitive personal data and videos vulnerable to hackers
Others have raised concerns that the ties between China and TikTok puts the privacy of users' data …
Paige Leskin
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Pelosi says House Democrats are looking at legislation to protect personal data in reproductive apps and other actions post-Roe v. Wade
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Democrats to try to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law despite su…
Brent D. Griffiths
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A pro-Trump county clerk is accused of helping to leak sensitive election data to one of QAnon's leaders: reports
Tina Peters, a Republican county clerk in Mesa, Colorado, is accused off "assisting" in a security …
Joshua Zitser
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Adding one line of code can now prevent OpenAI from accessing a website's data to train ChatGPT
ChatGPT creator OpenAI launched a new web crawler called GPTBot along with instructions for how to …
Kai Xiang Teo
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Data you share with ChatGPT is not private: So be careful with what you reveal
Any information that you share with AI platforms like ChatGPT is collected for business purposes. …
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How smartphone apps extract your data via location tracking
To this end, the researchers developed a mobile application -- TrackingAdvisor -- that conti…
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'Rogue' Shopify employees may have stolen customer data from 200 merchants
Shopify confirmed that customers' names, contact information, and order details from 200 merchants …
Grace Dean
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Facebook, Instagram to delete 'sensitive' ads targeting options related to race, religion or political affiliation
It is important to note that the interest targeting options being removed is not based on people…
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540 million Facebook users had sensitive personal data left exposed by app developers
The findings highlight how Facebook's years of lax oversight over how app developers could access u…
Rob Price
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Default settings in Microsoft tool exposes 38 million users’ personal data, says report
"The number of accounts exposing sensitive information, however, indicates that the risk of …