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Hu-manity.com Launches App That Lets Consumers Claim Their Personal Data
Hu-manity.com Launches App That Lets Consumers Claim Their Personal Data
September 06, 2018  |  Mobile Applications

Hu-manity.co, the company pushing for the 31st human right for individuals to own their data as property, announced on Thursday (Sept. 6) the launch of...

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44 Percent Of Millennials Have Unfriended Facebook
44 Percent Of Millennials Have Unfriended Facebook
September 05, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook is losing its luster with some of its customers, as Pew Research finds that a “significant” share of its users have changed their relationship...

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Apple Makes New Privacy Policy Requirement For Apps
Apple Makes New Privacy Policy Requirement For Apps
August 31, 2018  |  Apple

To take on apps that don’t give users information on the use of their personal data, Apple is introducing a new requirement: At the beginning...

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Fiserv Patches Security Loophole In Messaging Feature
Fiserv Patches Security Loophole In Messaging Feature
August 30, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Fiserv recently had to fix a weakness in its web platform that provided non-actionable event messages for a small number of customers. As a major...

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Comcast Xfinity Customers’ Addresses Partially Exposed
Comcast Xfinity Customers’ Addresses Partially Exposed
August 09, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Comcast Xfinity, the cable company, exposed partial home addresses and Social Security numbers of millions of customers, reported BuzzFeed News. Citing Ryan Stevenson, a security...

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Homeland Security Researchers Find Security Holes In Mobile Devices
Homeland Security Researchers Find Security Holes In Mobile Devices
August 08, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Department of Homeland Security researchers have reportedly found many security vulnerabilities in mobile devices sold by U.S.-based cellphone carriers, reported Fifth Domain. According to the...

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India Could Relax Rules On Data With Payment Companies
India Could Relax Rules On Data With Payment Companies
July 11, 2018  |  Regulation

The Ministry of Finance in India is proposing that the government relax a directive that would require global payment firms to store the data of...

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Alphabet, Apple Interrogated Over Phone Data Privacy
Alphabet, Apple Interrogated Over Phone Data Privacy
July 10, 2018  |  Data

House lawmakers want to know how Apple and Google‘s parent company Alphabet are handling their users’ personal information, including spoken words, email content and location data. According to The...

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Timehop Discloses Data Breach That Impacts 21M Users
Timehop Discloses Data Breach That Impacts 21M Users
July 09, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Timehop, the mobile app that gathers photos from social media, disclosed on Monday (July 9) that it was the subject of a data breach. In...

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