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The majority of Americans characterized data privacy as a human right, yet most still don't take adequate security precautions with their information, a KPMG report found. KPMG's The New Imperative for Corporate Data Responsibility report, released on Wednesday, surveyed American consumers to determine their attitudes toward data privacy and what they expect from corporations.
In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.
Facebook on Monday said it is asking EU courts to review "Exceptionally broad" requests by antitrust regulators there that would scoop up employees' personal information. The US-based internet colossus maintained it has been cooperating with a European Commission antitrust investigation and will continue to do so, but that the wording of commission requests casts a net so wide it will haul in Facebook employees' private messages and more.
Privacy is a basic right and a necessary protection in the digital age to avoid victimization and manipulation. Privacy has been one of the shields used to protect people from unjust victimization.
Australia's consumer watchdog launched court action against Google on Monday alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's action in the Federal Court is the latest litigation Google has faced around the world over allegations of privacy breaches.
The privacy issues were discovered in the DJI GO 4 application, which is the complementary app used to control DJI drones. Researchers with Synacktiv found several concerning privacy issues,, which were then independently confirmed by researchers with GRIMM. "The DJI GO 4 application contains several suspicious features as well as a number of anti-analysis techniques, not found in other applications using the same SDKs," according to researchers with GRIMM, in a Thursday post.
Threatpost editors talk about the biggest security news stories for the week ended Jul. 24.
Dtex Systems announced the release of Intercept 6.0, a Next-Generation Insider Threat Management solution. Dtex Intercept 6.0 is a first-of-its-kind Insider Threat Management solution that delivers always-on, human-centric security by proactively illuminating dangerous activity as 'Indicators of Intent' in real-time across the entire organization, both uncovering malicious and negligent behavior well before an incident occurs, and providing a full audit trail after without invading employee privacy.
Privacy commissioners worldwide urged video conferencing systems like Microsoft, Cisco and Zoom to adopt end-to-end encryption, two-factor authentication and other security measures. Global privacy commissioners issued a joint public decry against leading video conferencing companies such as Cisco Systems, Microsoft and Zoom to demand the companies beef up their security and privacy strategies.
Facebook on Wednesday unveiled new privacy and security features for its Messenger application. One of the new privacy features is called App Lock and it allows users to protect their private chats when they borrow their phone to a friend or family member.