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Australian Bunnings faces backlash for privacy violations with facial recognition
Bunnings, Australia’s largest hardware chain, has been accused of violating the privacy of hundreds of thousands of customers…
FTC sounds alarm on social media’s massive user surveillance
The FTC revealed that major social media and streaming platforms, like Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok, engage in large-scale…
Psychotherapy data breach victims demand higher compensation
Victims of Finland’s largest psychotherapy data breach are seeking higher compensation. In 2020, a hacker stole sensitive information…
Clearview AI fined €30 million for illegal facial scraping
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has fined Clearview AI over €30 million for illegally scraping facial images…
Russian links in Musk’s Twitter acquisition unveiled
Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter acquisition in 2022 not only involved major financial institutions but also had indirect…
British voter data breach exposes 40 million
The UK’s Electoral Commission leaked personal details of 40 million voters due to unpatched vulnerabilities in their Microsoft…
Targeted credential theft hits cloud Snowflake customers
Snowflake revealed a “limited number” of its customers are being targeted in a credential theft campaign. The company…
Google leak reveals thousands of privacy Incidents
Google has accidentally collected children’s voice data, leaked the trips and home addresses of carpool users, and made…
Helsinki’s data breach crisis caused by unpatched remote access server
Helsinki’s education division uncovered a significant data breach in late April 2024, affecting tens of thousands of students,…
Google Cloud provisioning misconfiguration leads to UniSuper’s business disruption for a week
Google Cloud mistakenly deletes UniSuper’s private cloud account, causing a week-long outage for over half a million members.…