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House Panel OK’s Bill to Ban Law Enforcement from Buying Data from Brokers

| | Congress, Cyberlaw, Data Brokers, Data Privacy, Data Security
Legislation that would ban law enforcement and federal agencies from buying consumer data from data brokers without a warrant is on its way to the full House ...
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Your Personal Data Sold to US Intelligence Agencies

Your Personal Data Sold to US Intelligence Agencies

| | 4th Amendment, Data Brokers, Director of National Intelligence, Fourth Amendment, Information Brokers, ODNI, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
What Price 4th Amendment? Warrant not needed if info bought from brokers ...
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Your Mental Health Data for Sale or Rent — 20¢

Your Mental Health Data for Sale or Rent — 20¢

| | Data Brokers, GDPR, health care, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), healthcare, HIPAA, Mental Health, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
U.S. GDPR ASAP: Data brokers are selling PII about mental health conditions—depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD, etc ...
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How to Stop Online Tracking: 3 New Ways

How to Stop Online Tracking: 3 New Ways

| | Advertisers, advice, Apple, Chrome, Cybersecurity, Data Brokers, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, DuckDuckGo, Enhanced Tracking Protection, Episodes, Firefox, Information Security, Infosec, Online Tracking, Podcast, Privacy, privacy settings, Safari, Search Engine, security, Startpage, technology, tips, web browser, Weekly Edition
In this episode host Tom Eston discusses one of the biggest privacy concerns people have today, online tracking by companies and advertisers. Tom will cover the following topics, tips, and new techniques ...
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TikTok Denies Data Breach, LA School District Ransomware, Fingerprint Scanners in School Bathrooms

TikTok Denies Data Breach, Los Angeles School District Ransomware Attack, Fingerprint Scanners in School Bathrooms

| | Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Brokers, Data leak, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Fingerprint Scanners, hacked, High School, Incident Response, Information Security, Infosec, los angeles, Los Angeles Schools, Podcast, Privacy, Ransomware, security, surveillance, Sydney Australia, technology, TikTok, Weekly Edition
TikTok has denied reports that it was breached by a hacking group, after it claimed they have gained access to over 2 billion user records, the Los Angeles school district, the second-largest ...
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Bipartisan Privacy Bill, Delete Your Data Before Selling Your Car, Firefox Total Cookie Protection

Bipartisan Digital-Privacy Bill, Delete Your Data Before Selling Your Car, Firefox Total Cookie Protection

| | Car, Car Dealer, Congress, Cybersecurity, Data Brokers, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Firefox, GPS, Information Security, Infosec, Mozilla, Navigation System, Podcast, Privacy, Privacy Legislation, security, technology, Total Cookie Protection, tracking, US Congress, Weekly Edition
A new bipartisan privacy bill, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, “could” be the first privacy legislation in the US not doomed to fail, a story about why you should delete ...
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Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Dumbphone Sales are Soaring, John Oliver Blackmails Congress, Cicada Chinese APT Group

| | APT10, china, Chinese, Congress, Cybersecurity, Data Brokers, Digital Privacy, Dumbphones, Episodes, Hacking, Information Security, Infosec, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Lawmakers, Malware, Podcast, Privacy, Privacy Legislation, security, smartphones, technology, Weekly Edition
More young people seem to be choosing dumbphones over smartphones, but is it because of privacy concerns or because its trendy? John Oliver, host of the ‘Last Week Tonight’ show, used data ...
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Top 3 Location Tracking Apps: Do They Sell Your Data?

Top 3 Location Tracking Apps: Do They Sell Your Data?

| | App Store, apps, Cybersecurity, Data Brokers, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Fake Vouchers, Google Play, Information Security, Infosec, location tracking, Podcast, Privacy, Scams, security, Snopes, social engineering, technology, Vouchers, Weekly Edition
This week we discuss the top 3 location tracking apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play and which ones sell your data. Plus, details about recent fake Chick-fil-A and Olive ...
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Life360 Sells Location Data, NSO Group Spyware Hacks Government Employees, Homecoming Queen Contest

Life360 Selling Location Data, NSO Group Spyware Hacks Government Employees, Homecoming Queen Contest Hacked

| | Cybersecurity, Data Brokers, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Hacking, Homecoming Queen, Information Security, Infosec, Life360, NSO Group, Pegasus, Podcast, Privacy, school, security, spyware, technology, US government, Weekly Edition
Life360, a popular family safety app used by 33 million people worldwide, is selling location data to a dozen data brokers, phones of 11 U.S. State Department employees were hacked with spyware ...
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Sharing Information: A Day in Your Life | Federal Trade Commission

Data Brokers: You Are Being Packaged and Sold

| | Axicom, Cambridge Analytica, Choicepoint, Data Brokers, Data Brokers: You Are Being Packaged and Sold, Data Mining, Epsilon, Equifax, Experian, facebook, , Hackers, How Data Brokers Get Your Information, Information Brokers, LexisNexis, social engineering, T-Mobile, The Dangers and What You Can Do, What are Data Brokers Collecting?, What are Data Brokers?
The recent Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal put a spotlight on the nebulous world of data brokers and data mining. As you shop, browse the Internet, participate in a quiz, subscribe to a ...
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