By now, as the end of the first quarter of the 21st century draws near, everyone is surely aware that user passwords are digital gold, and that protecting them is a key aspect of ensuring data security and privacy. Yet despite this, not all companies store passwords properly still. In this post we look at […]
Personal information for 3.2 million Aflac cancer insurance and almost 760,000 Zurich Insurance auto insurance policy holders is on the dark web following a hack on a third-party contractor. Neither company named the data leak site or third-party vendor involved with its breaches, so it is unclear if both incidents are related. Affected individuals from […]
Our last edition of privacy predictions focused on a few important trends where business and government interests intersect, with regulators becoming more active in a wide array of privacy issues. Indeed, we saw regulatory activity around the globe. In the US, for example, the FTC has requested public comments on the “prevalence of commercial surveillance […]
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