Joseph Cox reports: Google is collecting the eyelid shape and skin tone of children via parent submitted videos, according to a project description online reviewed by 404 Media. Canadian tech conglomerate TELUS, which says it is working on Google’s behalf, is offering parents $50 to film their children wearing various props such as hats or…
23andMe to Data Breach Victims: It’s Your Fault!
Lucas Ropek writes: What happens when a company loses a bunch of user data? Typically, they apologize and sheepishly beg for forgiveness. Not so with 23andMe. The popular genomics company, which suffered a pretty terrible data breach last year, has instead opted to tell pissed off customers that they probably should’ve picked a better password if they…
Resources: Breach notification laws: US and GDPR
The law firm of BakerHostetler has recently released several free resources of note: 2023 Data Security Incident Response Report EU GDPR Data Breach Notification Interactive Map State Data Breach Notification Law Interactive Map PDF Version of State Data Breach Notification Laws Thanks, as always, to Joe Cadillic for alerting us to these.
Netherlands: Doxing has been punishable since January 1
Politie reports: Netherlands – Sharing someone’s personal data with the intention of intimidating – doxing – has been punishable since January 1. People who are victims of doxing can report it to the police. Perpetrators risk a fine and, in serious cases, possibly even a prison sentence. […] In our society we cannot tolerate doxing, says outgoing…