by CDO Review Staff | Jun 21, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Over a two day-span in June, three US universities reported that they were hit by data breaches this year. Graceland University, Oregon State University, and Missouri Southern State University have all notified the individuals affected by the data breaches one of...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 21, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
While we all worry about which entity Facebook next sells our data, a bigger snitch is lodged in our smartphones. These ever-present mobile apps ask for all sorts of permissions most of which is unrelated to what service they actually perform. And they represent the...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 21, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
The litany of Facebook faults seems never-ending. Even after an 18-month run of scandals and missteps, the social media giant seems not to have learned a lesson as the New York Times just broke a story that Facebook is under investigation for criminal behavior related...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 21, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Silicon Valley’s attempt to defang California’s strong data privacy law has ground to a halt in the US Senate. California’s data privacy law, scheduled to go into effect at the end of 2019, has several provisions unpalatable to big technology companies like Facebook...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 21, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Big Tech’s headaches now range from coast to coast as Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law a data privacy bill that is in some ways even more stringent than a similar data privacy law passed in California. A key provision in the Maine data privacy law is that...
by CDO Review Staff | Jun 21, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Apple CEO Tim Cook did not pull any punches as he castigated his fellow tech executives for failing to own up to the chaos they created in failing to protect the personal information of their customers. Christopher Maynard filed this report in Consumer Affairs: In an...
