world cup scam

No, You Didn’t Win a Ticket to the World Cup (and...

Internet scammers are always looking for new “opportunities,” and global sporting events are a reliable source: The combination of international travel and commerce combined...
apple privacy

Apple’s Privacy-by-Design Moment: Denying App Access to Data

Privacy by design can refer to a lot of things, but generally it’s the idea that a product or service bakes privacy into every...
Privacy law

Does The California Consumer Privacy Act Outdo Europe’s Data Laws?

Once again, California and Europe are looking pretty similar on the consumer protection front, but this time around California is outdoing the European Union...

Adam Levin Named a Top 20 Cybersecurity Expert to Follow

Adam Levin was recently featured on a list of twenty cybersecurity experts and thought leaders to follow on BizCatalyst360.com. Levin is included on the...
GDPR

What You Need to Know About the GDPR

For privacy and cybersecurity advocates, the GDPR represents a watershed moment, but precisely how this new law will play out in the marketplace is anyone's guess. It's been clear from the...
The latest Facebook kerfulffle

Facebook Accidentally Shared Data of 14 million Users

Facebook’s privacy violations and data leaks at this point are becoming so frequent that the company might want to consider scheduling regular news conferences...
MyHeritage Data Breach

MyHeritage Sets the Standard for Data Breach Response

Assuming this is not a case where other shoes will be dropping with the thud of carefully manipulated damage control, MyHeritage did everything right....
That's no moon

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Eclipsed by Death Star

In the Star Wars series, the Death Star was the Empire’s ultimate weapon. In Trump’s business-first, consumer-be-damned America, acting CFPB director Mick Mulvaney plays...
Chinese cybersecurity

Facebook Gave User Data to Chinese Companies

At least four Chinese manufacturers had unfettered access to Facebook’s user data, thus joining the ranks of Cambridge Analytica, Blackberry, Apple, Amazon, Samsung and...
facebook is spying on you

Mobile Phone Edition: Facebook Lays Bear Your Soul, Privacy Be Damned

Another day, another news story about Facebook’s privacy practices.The list of recent stories should be enough to spell the end for most companies, but...