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Commissioner Rules Clearview AI Breached Australians’ Privacy
Remember that facial recognition startup found being used by law enforcement agencies around the world last year? Well today, Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has ruled they breached the country’s privacy laws. It was ruled Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy by scraping their biometric information from the web and disclosing it through a facial recognition tool. The…
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Flight Centre Exposed Customers’ Credit Card and Passport Details During a ‘Design Jam’
Flight Centre accidentally released personal information including the passport numbers and credit card details of nearly 7,000 customers during a 2017 “design jam”. Late last month, Australia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Angele Falk published her decision on Flight Centre Travel Group’s breach of the Privacy Act 1988. It’s not the first time the company has…
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Under Armour Says Breach Of MyFitnessPal Exposed Data From 150 Million Users
Under Armour-owned nutrition and exercise tracking app MyFitnessPal has experienced a data breach affecting some 150 million users.
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Hackers Steal Personal Information Of 143 Million Americans From Credit Reporting Agency Equifax
Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies in the US, revealed today that it has suffered a massive data breach at the hand of hackers. The stolen data includes names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, and other personal information for 143 million Americans.