Privacy
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Information privacy is an aspect of data security that means protecting and proper handling of information. It includes determining what data can be shared with third parties and how it is legally collected. One can apply data privacy in multiple ways, such as data masking, encryption, and authentication. Privacy protection is crucial nowadays as it helps keep people who want to exploit your private data away from it.
Why Is It Suddenly Illegal to Use iPhones in San Francisco?
San Francisco authorities accidentally prohibited iPhones by banning face recognition technology that newer iPhone models actually are equipped with.
Latest Facebook Data Leak Made Data of About 267 Million Users Publicly Available Online
The unprotected database contained sensitive information such as users’ full names, phone numbers, and Facebook IDs, and was available online for quite a while.
The Annual Worst Passwords List
The “donald” password is not among the 25 most dangerous and most commonly leaked passwords. Still, this year, the most popular passwords are almost identical to those ones of 2018.
ByteDance Is Sued for Collecting Data of Children Without Parental Consent
TikTok’s parent company called ByteDance was accused of collecting children’s data from Musical.ly without their parents’ consent.
China Established Face Scanning for SIM Card Buyers
When Chinese people want to sign in some mobile provider, they have to pass face scanner.
EU Inspects Google’s Methods of Data Collection
EU antitrust agency started an investigation of Google's data collection practices and shared some details.
Twitter Postponed the Removal of Inactive Accounts
Recently Twitter announced about deleting the inactive accounts but changed the decision.
