Dan Robitzski names a number of DNA testing firms and outlines how questionable their results are, writing, in part: The problem, according to experts, is that these companies are promising information about DNA with a granularity that even scientists can’t deliver. Deanna Church, a geneticist at the biotech company Inscripta, told Futurism the tests are “all…
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A single, mysterious server exposed 1.2 billion user records
Cory Doctorow talks common sense about privacy in describing a huge data leak whose immediate owner is as yet unknown. Cory writes, in part: The brokers don’t think they were breached. PDL founder Sean Thorne hypothesized that some of the data his company nonconsensually gathered on 1.5 billion people was sold to a normal customer…
After Becerra Goes to Court, Facebook to Comply With Calif. AG’s Investigation
Alaina Lancaster reports: Facebook has agreed to participate in California’s investigation into its privacy practices nearly two weeks after Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a lawsuit against the social media giant for failing to respond to the office’s inquiries. By Nov. 26, the Menlo Park-based company will begin providing answers to the agency’s 19 interrogatories issued in…
Cn: Credit Rating Firm Kaola Accused of Privacy Breach
Wu Yujian, Zhang Yuzhe and Han Wei report: Kaola Credit, the credit rating service of leading payment company Lakala Payment, was accused of illegally storing and selling users’ personal data for millions of dollars, a case underscoring concerns about privacy breaches in the country’s booming fintech sector. Beijing-based Kaola Credit was among seven companies caught…