Also for the grandparents, aunts, uncles, carer, guardians…. This will not make comfortable reading but I thought it was important to highlight this story, in the light of my position on the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill. I am for any actions that work to stop Big Tech ignoring or …
Twitter user data is from an old data breach but Uber’s is a new one!
The vast amount of Twitter user data that has recently been exposed online is from a data breach from 2021, not a new data breach according to Twitter. Twitter confirms recent user data leak is from 2021 breach (bleepingcomputer.com) None of these big tech companies ever give the impression in …
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Suffolk Police apologies after publishing highly sensitive information on its website – UPDATED
This post was originally made on 16 November 2022 Update 25 November 2022 There is no good news for the Suffolk Police force in this follow-up report, only bad news for the victims. Suffolk Constabulary first published sex offence victims’ data in 2019 – BBC News Original Post Names, addresses …
Is Facebook is breaking UK data laws? But there is good news from Facebook.
Cambridge Analytica was someone else’s problem (SEP) but a high court case is soon to decide whether Meta and Facebook are breaking UK data privacy laws: Facebook sued for collecting personal data to target adverts | Meta | The Guardian Tanya O’Carroll is claiming Facebook is ignoring her requests to …
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Data Sovereignty – who can access what and where. UPDATED
The original post was published on 3 November 2022. Update 16 November 2022 This story has developed further with FBI Director Christopher A. Wray describing to the US Congress how China could exploit Tik Tok: FBI Director warns of potential Chinese gov’t exploitation of TikTok – The Record by Recorded …
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