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IPinfo announced the availability of its Privacy Detection API. This API detects various methods used to mask a user's true IP address, including VPN detection, proxy detection, tor usage, or a connection via a hosting provider, which could potentially be used to tunnel traffic and mask the true IP address. IPinfo performs custom full internet-wide scans to detect almost 10 million active VPNs. This is combined with data on public SOCKS and HTTP proxies, tor exit nodes, and its own IP usage type classification to determine which IP ranges belong to hosting providers.
OneTrust, a provider of privacy, security and data governance tools, announced a $300 million Series C funding round led by new investor TCV. The company's valuation has nearly doubled in the past ten months, jumping from $2.7 billion when the company announced its $210 million Series B round in early 2020, to a current valuation of $5.1 billion. OneTrust says that more than 7,500 customers, including more than half of the Fortune 500, use its technology to comply with ever-changing privacy, security, and compliance requirements.
Something else to consider are third-party vendors such as analytics providers, advertisers, and payment processors who collect data on the company's business website. Customers should be advised who collects what data and given access links to the appropriate privacy policies.
United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office has warned organizations that fell victim to the SolarWinds hack that they are required to report data breaches within three days after their discovery. The UK independent authority urged organizations using compromised versions of the SolarWinds Orion IT management platform to check for evidence of attackers infiltrating their network and gaining access to personal information.
Facebook is again pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices, this time saying in full page newspaper ads that the social media giant is standing up for small businesses. In ads that ran in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other national newspapers Wednesday, Facebook said Apple's new rules "Limit businesses' ability to run personalized ads and reach their customers effectively."
The next time you try to download an app from the App Store onto your iPhone or iPad, you may notice a new App Privacy section that seeks to clue you in on certain details. With the release of iOS/iPadOS 14.3 this past Monday, any new or updated app must include a privacy label, otherwise it won't be allowed on the App Store.
Apple has begun spelling out what kinds of personal information is being collected by the digital services displayed in its app stores for iPhones and other products made by the trendsetting company. Apple announced the changes were coming six months ago as part of an effort to help its customers gain a better understanding of how apps monitor their habits, tastes and whereabouts.
From a purely academic position, the new definitions of consent, dark patterns, and cross-context behavioral advertising indicate that the CPRA looks to the future of data collection technologies. What can we hypothesize about the direction CPRA takes data privacy and security?
To combat the COVID-19 outbreak, many companies and governments have deployed contact tracing apps that can alert you if someone with whom you've been in contact tests positive for the virus. The research included global contact tracing apps and apps from two US states and two US territories for a total of 52 Android apps and 43 iOS apps-95 apps in all.
Skyflow announced a $17.5 million Series A to drive growth of its data privacy vault. The zero-trust data vault with an elegant API allows developers to quickly build applications and workflows without worrying about data security, privacy or compliance.