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To help people work smarter, combat burnout and drive more inclusive work experiences, Cisco Webex announced advancements to the People Insights feature. "These insights enable a more inclusive work experience and empowers our people to develop and leverage their collective collaboration network, while helping leaders act at the intersection of performance, empathy, and service to others to build connected and effective teams."
Security teams need to manage these vulnerabilities to protect the data from a cyber-attack and ensure compliance with the latest data privacy regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation or the California Privacy Rights Act. The key to any data privacy compliance is proper data protection because under these laws, consumers retain the right to deny and revoke the collection of their data.
A ransomware operation known as 'Clop' is applying maximum pressure on victims by emailing their customers and asking them to demand a ransom payment to protect their privacy. After the Clop gang stole data from jet maker Bombardier in an Accellion hack, they leaked a small amount on their ransomware data leak site.
Europe and the United States will use a thaw in ties to strike a pact that would allow for the exchange of private data across the Atlantic, replacing previous agreements struck down by an EU court. Facebook, Google, Microsoft and thousands of other companies want such a deal to keep the internet traffic flowing without facing significant legal jeopardy over European privacy laws.
The Chrome browser extension ClearURLs has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, for reasons its developer describes as "Ridiculous." Google's Chrome team emailed ClearURLs developer Kevin Roebert yesterday to tell him: "Your item had to be removed from the Chrome Web Store," citing three violations of its terms.
Google has mysteriously removed the popular browser extension ClearURLs from the Chrome Web Store. ClearURLs is a web browser add-on available for both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox tasked with removing tracking bits from the URLs.
Messaging app LINE has removed Chinese affiliate's access to personal data, after infosec concerns led Japanese government officials to stop using the app. Government officials began to rethink using the app following reports of foreign access to in-country equipment.
Nebulous privacy and censorship criticisms about video social-media app TikTok have been swirling for months. Security analysts from CitizenLab are the first to collect real data on the platform's source code, and reported that TikTok meets reasonable standards of security and privacy.
Mozilla today announced the release of Firefox 87 in the stable channel fitted with a new intelligent tracker blocking mechanism. Called SmartBlock, the feature works in Firefox Private Browsing and Strict Mode and is meant to improve users' browsing experience through fixing pages that Mozilla's tracking protections break.
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider an appeal by Facebook that would have derailed a $15 billion lawsuit over whether it illegally tracked users about a decade ago. The nation's top court issued an order denying a request by the leading social network to review a California federal court's decision to allow the litigation accusing Facebook of violating wiretap laws.