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Unencrypted Mobile Traffic on Tor Network Leaks PII
2019-10-15 21:02

Researchers create digital dossiers of mobile users scraped from Tor network traffic.

Cloudentity OIDC Authorization Platform enhances data privacy and PII protection
2019-08-07 02:00

Cloudentity, a leader in cloud Identity and enforcement for Users, Services and Things, announced the release of its next generation OIDC Authorization Platform that provides a significant leap...

PII capturing websites still applying poor security measures one year after GDPR
2019-05-13 04:30

One year after the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, 1 in 10 PII capturing websites belonging to the top 10 UK financial services organizations are still doing so...

FEMA Exposes PII for Millions of Hurricane, Wildfire Survivors
2019-03-25 14:00

The contractor with whom it shared the data has a vulnerable, unpatched network.

Who ate all the PII? Not the blockchain, thankfully
2018-09-19 09:05

GDPR be praised, new product keeps personally identifiable information off the chain Dutch security firm Gemalto has said its blockchain product, slated to pilot later this year, will keep...

DEF CON 2018: Telltale URLs Leak PII to Dozens of Third Parties
2018-08-11 18:50

Analytics, advertising and other web scripts can capture information housed in user confirmations for flight bookings, food delivery, medical testing and more.

Check your printers for leftover GDPR-regulated PII
2018-07-05 12:00

Many companies are embracing the GDPR as an opportunity to improve privacy, security, and data management, by cutting down on the amount of personal data they keep, ditching data that is no longer...

200 Million Sets of Japanese PII Emerge on Underground Forums
2018-05-18 16:40

A dataset allegedly containing 200 million unique sets of personally identifiable information (PII) exfiltrated from several popular Japanese website databases emerged on underground forums,...

Exploiting the User PII Held in Everyone's Web Browser
2018-03-07 20:28

Browsers are the single most used application today. Everyone uses at least one browser, whether in the office or at home. But not everyone realizes just how much personal data is left hanging...

Who Owns Your PII, You or Credit Reporting Agencies?
2017-11-10 13:03

A report on the head of Equifax contending that his company - not individual consumers - owns the personally identifiable information the credit reporting agency markets to lenders leads the...