California
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
New California Data Privacy Law, Wyze Data Leak, ToTok Spy App
In episode 102: Details on the new California data privacy law, the Wyze data leak, and what is the ToTok app and could it be spying on you? ** Show notes and ...
Lawsuit alleges TikTok sends user videos to Chinese servers for surveillance
A college student from Palo Alto, California is suing video-sharing service TikTok for allegedly using surveillance software designed to harvest personally identifiable information, including biometric data, and send it to China for ...
California adds biometric specs to data breach law
California is changing its Information Practices Act of 1977 to expand the definition of personal information with additional identifiers, including biometric data of those affected. The amendment comes with new instructions on ...
The Top Five Things to do to Prepare Your Contact Center for the California Consumer Privacy Act
The California Consumer Privacy Act will take effect on January 1, 2020, giving Californian consumers more control over how their data is handled and shared, and the right to take action when ...
CCPA and the Future of Data Privacy
In May 2018 the European Union introduced the GDPR regulation across Europe, which comprehensively updated EU data privacy laws; at roughly the same time the US state of California introduced its own ...
What is the California Consumer Privacy Act?
Societies are becoming more digitized. This makes collecting consumer data -- such as name, age, and email address -- a vital element for businesses. Potentially adding to the stress is the California ...
