Trump was suing the firm founded by Christopher Steele, who created a dossier in 2016 that contained uncorroborated allegations about the then-president-elect that erupted in a political storm By Paul Farrell For Dailymail.Com Published: 10:14 GMT, 1 February 2024 | Updated: 10:51 GMT, 1 February 2024 Donald Trump’s lawsuit against […]
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LONDON — TikTok could face a 27 million-pound ($29 million) fine in the U.K. over a possible breach of U.K. data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy when they are using the video-sharing platform. The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office said Monday that it has issued the social media […]
ACCC warning to Optus customers Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog has warned Optus customers they could be at risk of identity theft after a major data hack. AAP reports: Cyber criminals could have access to enough information to steal the identities of millions of Optus customers, the consumer watchdog has […]
Sign up for the Guardian Today US newsletter Facebook has not notified the more-than 530m users whose details were exposed on a hacker forum in 2019 and has no plans to do so, according to company representatives. Business Insider reported last week that phone numbers and other details from Facebook […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Apr 7, 2021 5:00 AM PT Businesses fearful their workers may be targeted by fraudsters will want to take a look at the free Tax Scam Awareness Kit offered by Proofpoint, a data protection company in Sunnyvale, Calif. The kit, for both Windows and macOS, […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Apr 6, 2021 4:00 AM PT A rich cache of data on some 533 million Facebook users was posted to a hacker forum over the weekend and is available to download for practically free. The information is from a data breach that occurred in 2019, […]
LONDON — When Gregg finally stopped gambling in late 2018, he was in a dire financial position. He had lost nearly $15,000 during a nine-month betting binge, on top of two outstanding loans totaling more than $70,000 and a mortgage of more than $150,000 on his small home in Britain. […]
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office and Facebook lawyers wait as judge Thomas Kuehnen arrives in a the courtroom in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 24, 2021. Marcel Kusch/Pool via REUTERS DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – A German court on Wednesday criticised curbs on data collection imposed on Facebook by the country’s antitrust watchdog, in an […]