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The overarching mission of the US-based non-profit organization the Tor Project is to advance human rights and make open-source, privacy preserving software available to people globally, so that they can browse the internet privately, protect themselves against surveillance and bypass online censorship. To infosec professionals The Tor Project doesn't need an introduction, but there's always other people out there who have never heard of it.
He emphasizes how a data privacy vault can reinforce customer trust by offering protection against data breaches and helping businesses comply with data protection regulations, ultimately leading to customer loyalty and satisfaction. Data privacy vaults are designed to store and manage sensitive data securely.
Legislation moves slowly, but in 2023 almost all five of the below regulations will take effect, making it a huge year for state data privacy acts. Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act: The second state privacy act, passed in March of 2021 and went into effect on January 1st of 2023.
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The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission announced that Amazon has agreed to pay a $25 million fine to settle alleged children's privacy laws violations related to the company's Alexa voice assistant service. Amazon also faces a $5 million fine for privacy violations associated with its Ring video doorbell service.
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority, the country's data privacy watchdog, has banned behavioral advertising on Meta's Facebook and Instagram social networks. Meta extensively monitors the users' actions, meticulously tracking their activities across its platforms, according to the Norwegian DPA. The company uses content preferences, the info they post on Facebook and Instagram, and their location information to build personalized profiles that simplify targeted advertising, a tactic commonly known as behavioral advertising.
Discover how HealthEdge deals with security and data privacy in the face of rapid expansion. "Healthcare is beset by ransomware gangs and this led to an increase in confirmed data breaches in 2022," said Suzanne Widup, a researcher for the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report.
Ideally, printing services should avoid storing the content of your files, or at least delete daily. Print services should also communicate clearly upfront what information they're collecting and why.
Instagram Threads, the upcoming Twitter competitor from Meta, will not be launched in the European Union due to privacy concerns, according to Ireland's Data Protection Commission. Threads is Meta's answer to Twitter that's set for launch on July 6, 2023.
The Brave team has announced that the privacy-centric browser will soon introduce new restriction controls allowing users to specify how long sites can access local network resources. "Surprising though it may be, most browsers allow websites to access these local resources just as easily as they can access other resources on the web," explains Brave.