News

2019

June

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• We read 150 privacy policies. They were incomprehensible. To see exactly how inscrutable [privacy policies] have become, I analyzed the length and readability of privacy policies from nearly 150 popular websites and apps.

• How to protect your DNA data before and after taking an at-home test. Mail-in genetic tests offer a wealth of information about your ancestry and insight into medical risks — in exchange for a lot of data. Here’s where that data goes, and how to delete

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• Beware of personal data being stolen! Medical ID Theft costed over $10K to fix (Chinese). 醫療身分被盜竊，就像最近涉及近1200萬「Quest Diagnostics」客戶的資料外洩事件，要補救可能會使你花一大筆錢。

• Zuckerberg knew of ‘problematic’ privacy practices. Facebook Inc. uncovered emails that seem to show Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was aware of potentially problematic privacy practices at the company, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The FTC

• Where 20 years of child online protection law went wrong. Two decades after Congress tried to wall off the worst of the Internet in hopes of protecting the privacy and innocence of children, the ramparts lie in ruins. Sex, drugs, violence, hate speech, conspiracy theories

• AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos. Top artificial-intelligence researchers across the country are racing to defuse an extraordinary political weapon: computer-generated fake videos that could undermine candidates and mislead voters during the 2020 presidential campaign.  And they have a message: We

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• Correos podrían mostrar que Zuckerberg sabía de prácticas dudosas de privacidad en Facebook: WSJ. Facebook Inc descubrió correos electrónicos que parecen mostrar una conexión del presidente ejecutivo Mark Zuckerberg con prácticas de privacidad potencialmente problemáticas en la compañí

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• Travelers data compromised in a data breach of the US Customs (Chinese). 聯邦海關和邊境保護局(CBP)官員10日表示，旅客照片受到惡意網路攻擊，恐有外洩風險，引發外界擔憂聯邦官員擴大監控是否會損害美國民眾的隱私。

• Ring doorbells help police build surveillance network. While residential neighborhoods aren't usually lined with security cameras, the smart doorbell's popularity has essentially created private surveillance networks powered by Amazon and promoted by police departments.

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• Why is America so far behind Europe on digital privacy?. A grand bargain privacy bill is said to be in the works in Congress, with a handful of lawmakers from both parties haggling privately over the details. Forward-thinking legislation—and the public

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• Three ways to prevent identity theft and to protect personal information (Chinese). 【新唐人北京时间2019年06月08日讯】在美国，身份被盗用不仅会带来财务损失，也会影响个人信用。如果防范身份盗窃不发生在自己身上，银行业内人士建议三个步骤不可少。一起来了解。

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• Maine's strict new internet privacy protection. The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, would require internet service providers to ask for permission before they sell or share any of their customers’ data to a third party. The law

• Quest Diagnostics: personal data breach of 12 million customers. Blood testing group Quest Diagnostics announced Monday that the personal information of 11.9 million patients has been breached, including Social Security numbers, financial information and medical data.

• 5 questions to ask about health apps. With thousands of apps available, it can be hard to figure out which ones are useful and safe. Here's what to look for.

• A financial checklist for your newly minted high school graduate. If you want to set your child up properly for college, work, military service and the years beyond, there are several things you ought to do, help them do or teach them before too long.

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• Chase: Arbitration's ‘better' for consumers. Nope, say researchers. JPMorgan Chase is notifying more than 40 million credit card holders that from now on they’ll have to arbitrate any disputes, forgoing the option of filing a lawsuit or joining class-action suits. Although an

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• U.S. requiring social media information from Visa applicants. Visa applicants to the United States are required to submit any information about social media accounts they have used in the past five years under a State Department policy that started on Friday. “This

• A storm is brewing over big tech. Google and Amazon have thrived as American regulators largely kept their distance. That may be changing. Politicians on the right and left are decrying the tech companies’ enormous power. President Trump and other Republicans

• Travelers are bombarded by scams like these. On foreign territory, we are more susceptible to deceptions. To help you spot the hoaxes, the Washington Post created a visual list with explanations of 10 of the most common scams around the world.

May

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• Consumer Action survey finds respondents want location data used only for the purpose for which it’s collected. White paper calls for banning sale or sharing of data without upfront permission.