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High-Profile California Bill Regulating Data Brokers Heads for Key Vote

| | California, Data Brokers, Privacy
California lawmakers later this month are expected to vote on a highly debated bill that would make it easier for residents to keep data brokers from collecting and selling their personal data, ...
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‘Serious’ Ransomware Emergency in Oakland, Calif. — Legacy FAIL

‘Serious’ Ransomware Emergency in Oakland, Calif. — Legacy FAIL

Oakland is still reeling from last week’s ransomware attack. San Francisco’s poorer neighbor is asking for help ...
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Digital License Plates: Stupid, Pointless, Insecure

Digital License Plates: Stupid, Pointless, Insecure

Reviver’s Rplate digital license plates are insecure: Their design appears to be riddled with privacy holes (not to mention the daft nature of the product itself) ...
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Could TikTok Be Removed, HackerOne Employee Caught Stealing, California Gun Owner Data Breach

Could TikTok Be Removed From App Stores, HackerOne Employee Caught Stealing Vulnerability Reports, California Gun Owner Data Breach

The commissioner of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), asked the CEOs of Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, bug bounty platform HackerOne disclosed that a former employee improperly ...

Ultimate Guide to CPRA for US Businesses

To say that data governance and data compliance are rapidly becoming areas of immense strategic importance for businesses would be an understatement. Governments worldwide already have data protection laws in place or ...
University of California San Francisco Pays $1 Million to Ransomware Operators after June 1 Attack

University of California San Francisco Pays $1 Million to Ransomware Operators after June 1 Attack

NetWalker ransomware operators have persuaded the University of California San Francisco to pay over $1 million in an extortion scheme using data-encrypting malware. The attack, UCSF officials say, didn’t even target the ...
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California Proposal for Mandatory Cyber Insurance

Will California’s bill to force cyber insurance be a harbinger for the rest of the U.S.? On Feb. 15, California Assemblyman Ed Chau, representing the Western San Gabriel Valley (near President Nixon’s ...
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Ring Mandates Two-Factor Authentication, License Plate Reader Data Sharing, RSA Conference Coronavirus Fears

In episode 109 for February 24th 2020: Kevin Johnson joins us to discuss how Ring made two-factor authentication mandatory following recent hacking incidents, California police have been caught illegally sharing license plate ...
Americans would pay up front to keep their online identity and data private

Americans would pay up front to keep their online identity and data private

2020 is off to a good start in the United States, with rising consumer awareness about privacy matters, according to new research published on National Data Privacy Day. After America’s Health Insurance ...