Kevin Bostic writes: The most popular free apps on Apple’s iOS platform are sharing significantly more user data than the most popular apps on Google’s Android platform, according to a study recently released by Appthority. Read more on AppleInsider.
Category: Breaches
NY: Cuomo announces 13,000 identity fraud cases investigated by DMV using facial recognition technology
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has investigated 13,000 possible cases of identity fraud since facial recognition technology was implemented three years ago. These investigations have resulted in more than 2,500 arrests and more than 5,000 individuals facing administrative action. In February 2010, DMV implemented facial recognition…
Should the FTC require entities to notify us if they have breached our privacy?
As I noted yesterday, there have been at least three potential class action lawsuits against rent-to-own companies that used DesignerWare LLC software that, unbeknownst to consumers, remotely activated webcam images of individuals in their homes and in what might be sensitive or embarrassing situations. One of the allegations in one of the lawsuits, however, made…
Belgian Privacy Commission issues new recommendation on data security and breaches
Julien Hick, Jacqueline van Essen and Vincent Wellens of NautaDutilh write: Belgium recently experienced two significant data breaches (involving, amongst other companies, the Belgian railway operator), which resulted in the online disclosure of personal data relating to thousands of people. These events led the Belgian data protection authority (the Privacy Commission) to issue a recommendation on the security…