From the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): NHS Highland reprimanded for a “serious” data breach amongst those accessing HIV services ICO calls for higher standards when protecting data of people living with HIV Service providers could be fined or reprimanded for exposing sensitive data The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to NHS Highland for…
Google reveals spyware attack on Android, iOS, and Chrome
Habiba Rashid reports: The primary target of this spyware campaign were the unsuspecting users in Italy, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has discovered two highly-targeted mobile spyware campaigns that use zero-day exploits to deploy surveillance software against iPhone and Android smartphone users. Google TAG discovered two “distinct, limited, and highly targeted” campaigns…
Judge approves $725 million deal in Meta data privacy class action
Natalie Hanson reports: A federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval of Facebook parent company Meta’s agreement to pay $725 million to a class of millions of people whose personal information was harvested in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Meta Platforms agreed this past December to pay $725 million to settle claims by its users that the social-media…
Idaho Is About to Become Even MORE Extreme on Abortion
Alanna Vagianos reports: Idaho already has some of the most extreme abortion restrictions on the books, with nearly all abortions banned in the state and an affirmative defense law that essentially asserts any doctor who provides an abortion is guilty until proven innocent. And now Idaho Republicans have set their sights on hindering certain residents from traveling out…