Weibo is losing influencers over legal display name rule - Rest of World
Chinese social media platforms like WeChat, Douyin, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu, and Weibo now required popular users’ legal names to be made visible to the public.
Meta fined $263M over 2018 security breach that affected ~3M EU Facebook users
Meta has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) in the European Union for a Facebook security breach that affected millions of users, which the
The story behind HISAA
Health care breaches lead to legislation Highlights of the new standard include: Performing and documenting a security risk analysis of exposure Documentation of a business continuity plan (BCP) Stress test of resiliency and documentation of any planned changes to the BCP A signed statement by both the CEO and CISO of compliance * A third-party audit to certify compliance (no later than six months after enactment)
Dutch police arrest admin of 'Bohemia/Cannabia' dark web market
An international law enforcement operation led to the arrest of one of the three administrators of the dual dark web market 'Bohemia/Cannabia,' known for hosting ads for drug sales and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
Europol takes down "Ghost" encrypted messaging platform used for crime
Europol and law enforcement from nine countries successfully dismantled an encrypted communications platform called
Europe’s privacy watchdog probes Google over data used for AI training
Meta and X have already paused some AI training over same set of concerns.
Data Privacy Framework – swissprivacy.law
À l'occasion d'un communiqué de presse publié le 14 août 2024, le Conseil fédéral a approuvé le Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) et arrêté son en vigueur au 15 septembre 2024. Selon cette décision, les entreprises américaines participant au Swiss-U.S. DPF garantissent un niveau adéquat de protection des données en vertu de la LPD, de sorte que les données personnelles peuvent être transférées aux entreprises américaines participantes sans avoir à conclure de clauses contractuelles types adoptées par la Commission Européenne (SCC) et sans qu'il soit nécessaire de procéder à une analyse d'impact du transfert de données.
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Dutch regulator slaps Clearview AI with $33 million fine, threatens executive liability - The Verge
The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed the largest fine yet against facial recognition company Clearview AI under the GDPR.
Admins of MFA bypass service plead guilty to fraud
Three men have pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain one-time passcodes from customers of various banks and services in the U.K.
Docker-OSX image used for security research hit by Apple DMCA takedown
The popular Docker-OSX project has been removed from Docker Hub after Apple filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request, alleging that it violated its copyright.
Open letter to UK online service providers
Today we've published an open letter to online service providers operating in the UK about the increased risk of their platforms being used to stir up hatred, provoke violence and commit other offences under UK law, in the context of recent acts of violence in the UK.
US sues TikTok for collecting mass data on kids 13 and under
The US government is suing TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance over “widespread” privacy violations that it illegally collects data on kids 13 and under.
Here’s what to know about Adobe’s Terms of Use updates
We recently rolled out a re-acceptance of our Terms of Use which has led to concerns about what these terms are and what they mean to our customers. This has caused us to reflect on the language we use in our Terms, and the opportunity we have to be clearer and address the concerns raised by the community. Over the next few days, we will speak to our customers with a plan to roll out updated changes by June 18, 2024.
La nouvelle identité électronique étatique suisse
Après avoir été rejetée aux urnes le 7 mars 2021, la réglementation sur l’identité électronique renaît de ses cendres avec une nouvelle approche qui donne le rôle principal à l’État comme exploitant d’une infrastructure de confiance et comme émetteur de l’e-ID. La nouvelle infrastructure permet également aux acteurs publics et privé d'émettre d'autres justificatifs électroniques. Le nouveau projet de loi est actuellement entre les mains du Parlement fédéral.
Loi sur l’IA
La loi sur l’IA est le tout premier cadre juridique en matière d’IA, qui traite des risques liés à l’IA et positionne l’Europe pour qu’elle joue un rôle de premier plan à l’échelle mondiale.
World’s first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers
The European Union Parliament on Wednesday approved the world's first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern the mediatized artificial intelligence at the forefront of tech investment.
LockBit ransomware affiliate gets four years in jail, to pay $860k
Russian-Canadian cybercriminal Mikhail Vasiliev has been sentenced to four years in prison by an Ontario court for his involvement in the LockBit ransomware operation. #Canada #Case #Computer #Court #InfoSec #Legal #LockBit #Prison #Ransomware #Security
Chatbots qui «hallucinent» et trompent les clients: quelle responsabilité légale? | ICTjournal
Comme l’a illustré un récent verdict contre Air Canada, les entreprises peuvent être jugées responsables des inform
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot
Air Canada appears to have quietly killed its costly chatbot support.
Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google
The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country's schools.
NSA is buying Americans’ internet browsing records without a warrant
Spy agency argues the practice is entirely legal — until a US court says otherwise
ShinyHunters member gets 3 years in prison for breaching 60 firms
The U.S. District Court in Seattle sentenced ShinyHunters member Sebastien Raoult to three years in prison and ordered a restitution of $5,000,000. #Broker #Computer #Customer #Data #Hackers #InfoSec #Legal #Prison #Security #ShinyHunters #Theft