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Journalists in Europe found it was “easy” to spy on top European Union officials using commercially downloaded location histories sold by data brokers, despite the continent…
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has prevented an attempt to pass legislation that would have expanded privacy for federal legislators and civil servants to all in the…
Since April, a hacker with a history of selling stolen data has claimed a data breach of billions of records – affecting at least 300 million…
The US Department of Transportation has announced its first industry-wide review of data security and privacy policies at the largest US airlines. The DOT said in…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday that it will ban antivirus giant Avast from selling consumers’ web browsing data to advertisers after Avast claimed its…
The US National Team The Security Service is buying massive amounts of commercially available web browsing data on Americans without a warrant, according to the agency’s…
FTC bars X-Mode from selling phone location data and orders company to delete data collected
The US Federal Trade Commission has banned data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users’ sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday. The first…