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November 15, 2015 3:45 AM
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Facebook faces Belgian privacy battle after cookie tracking ruling

Facebook faces Belgian privacy battle after cookie tracking ruling | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Firm faces fines of €250,000 per day if it fails to comply with court order
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October 20, 2015 6:56 PM
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NHS-approved online pharmacy fined £130,000 for selling customer data

NHS-approved online pharmacy fined £130,000 for selling customer data | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Pharmacy2U sold over 20,000 details to several organisations
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October 11, 2015 12:24 AM
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Edward Snowden: No smartphone is safe from GCHQ spying

Edward Snowden: No smartphone is safe from GCHQ spying | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Agency can track phones, listen in to conversations and see broswing history in real time
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How private are your phones once GCHQ have it on their radar?

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September 30, 2015 6:48 PM
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Microsoft: We are not violating the privacy of Windows users

Microsoft: We are not violating the privacy of Windows users | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Firm does not collect user information for advert targeting, says Windows boss
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September 21, 2015 12:54 AM
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UK councils suffer over 4,000 sensitive data breaches in three years

UK councils suffer over 4,000 sensitive data breaches in three years | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
FoI requests uncover 4,236 incidents between April 2011 and April 2014
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September 11, 2015 10:27 PM
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Hunted | Coming Soon | Channel 4 - YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family and the world
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a follow on from another scoop - a clip the video trailer of this UK TV Series - Hunted - surveillance

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August 16, 2015 12:15 AM
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[Privacy Alert] Make Sure Your Mobile Phone Number is Private on Facebook

[Privacy Alert] Make Sure Your Mobile Phone Number is Private on Facebook | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it

A UK software developer discovered an enormous loophole in Facebook’s defenses that allowed him to obtain their names, profile pictures, locations and more just by guessing their mobile numbers. How did he uncover so much private information? Easy: Facebook Graph Search. You may not know it, but your default “who can find me?”


Via Bonnie Burns
Bonnie Burns's curator insight, August 12, 2015 10:21 AM

“Everyone/Public.” That means any user could find you via your information—including your mobile phone number. So the software developer who discovered the weakness, Reza Moaiandin, generated tens of thousands of mobile numbers using an algorithm and sent them to Facebook’s API tool for app developers. Facebook then sent him back tons of user profiles corresponding to the numbers he’d generated.

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August 3, 2015 8:12 PM
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The Patriot Privacy Kit Video | Patriot Privacy

The Patriot Privacy Kit Video | Patriot Privacy | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
The Patriot Privacy Kit Video CB /videocb/
Carol Hancox's insight:

Are we being spied on - to what extent do we have privacy.

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August 1, 2015 4:49 AM
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Ashley Madison could face up to £500,000 in fines after cyber attack

Ashley Madison could face up to £500,000 in fines after cyber attack | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Privacy watchdog ICO could get involved following data protection concerns
Carol Hancox's insight:

Delete your data stored on your website or face fines by the ICO.

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August 6, 2014 3:24 AM
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Facebook privacy class action lawsuit attracts 17,000 supporters

Facebook privacy class action lawsuit attracts 17,000 supporters | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Open to anyone outside of Canada and the US
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August 6, 2014 3:14 AM
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US CIA admits to snooping on Senate

US CIA admits to snooping on Senate | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Monitored staff machines
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August 6, 2014 2:51 AM
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Right to be Forgotten is unworkable and unreasonable, argue Lords

Right to be Forgotten is unworkable and unreasonable, argue Lords | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
European Union's Court of Justice ruling must be overturned
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#rightToBeForgotten

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July 21, 2014 5:22 PM
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US privacy group takes Facebook mood experiment complaint to the FTC

US privacy group takes Facebook mood experiment complaint to the FTC | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Facebook has apologised but EPIC wants answers
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October 29, 2015 8:03 PM
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M&S suspends website activity in latest tech woe to befall a major brand

M&S suspends website activity in latest tech woe to befall a major brand | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Technical glitch led to a two-hour outage after customer details were exposed
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Importance of reliable security and software to protect customer details.

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October 20, 2015 6:54 PM
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Apple pulls 250 apps from App Store over privacy fears

Apple pulls 250 apps from App Store over privacy fears | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Apple acknowledges problem as security credentials take another hit
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October 11, 2015 12:10 AM
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Safe Harbour data rules declared invalid: everything you need to know

Safe Harbour data rules declared invalid: everything you need to know | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Legal experts urge governments to resolve situation quickly or risk major business disruption
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Changes to Safe Harbour privacy principles - impact data sharing between EU and US

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September 28, 2015 6:58 PM
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GCHQ Karma Police mass surveillance programme exposed in Snowden documents

GCHQ Karma Police mass surveillance programme exposed in Snowden documents | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Communications data being collected on
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wide spread surveillance revealed

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September 15, 2015 4:55 AM
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This Creepy App Guesses Your Age, Sex, Job And Dream Partner - Based On Facebook Likes

This Creepy App Guesses Your Age, Sex, Job And Dream Partner - Based On Facebook Likes | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Apply Special Sauce compares your likes on the popular social media site, against millions of other users’ likes
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September 11, 2015 10:26 PM
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Channel 4's Hunted shows surveillance state must be kept in check

Channel 4's Hunted shows surveillance state must be kept in check | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Deputy editor Dan Worth explains why Channel 4 show is a timely piece of television
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A light hearted approach but brings home the facts

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August 9, 2015 12:07 AM
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Windows 10 privacy concerns: what you need to know

Windows 10 privacy concerns: what you need to know | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
New platform causes privacy worries but there are ways around the problems
Carol Hancox's insight:

use of the data you input into your device to help improve services becomes a privacy risk

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August 1, 2015 5:08 AM
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Google error leaks Right to be Forgotten request data

Google error leaks Right to be Forgotten request data | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Information shows that 95 percent of requests are from normal people
Carol Hancox's insight:

Google's Right to be Forgotten update

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August 1, 2015 4:41 AM
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Pakistan cracks down on BlackBerry privacy services

Pakistan cracks down on BlackBerry privacy services | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Authorities order BlackBerry Enterprise Server to be closed by 1 December
Carol Hancox's insight:

Pakistan against the Blackberry secure messaging service and requests shut down by Dec 1st 2015

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August 6, 2014 3:20 AM
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Google alerts US authorities to child abuse email

Google alerts US authorities to child abuse email | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Provided email details to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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August 6, 2014 3:13 AM
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Why the Right to be Forgotten should not be dismissed

Why the Right to be Forgotten should not be dismissed | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Those who argue that the right to be forgotten is unreasonable are missing the point
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July 21, 2014 5:23 PM
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Russia readies cloud laws to force Google, Microsoft to keep data in nation

Russia readies cloud laws to force Google, Microsoft to keep data in nation | Privacy and Data Protection | Scoop.it
Mother Russia wants data on the proletariat to stay at home
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