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UK: Probe into data breach at Highland Perthshire resort after details of 2,400 members leaked online

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Dissent

Jamie Buchan reports: Bosses at a Perthshire holiday resort have been accused of an “inexcusable” security breach after posting the personal emails and phone numbers of more than 2,400 members on their website. The Loch Rannoch Highland Club, which counts former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith amongst its visitors, was reported to data protection…

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Twitter data breach decision due on December 17: Irish data regulator

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Dissent

Samuel Stolton reports: Despite “very divergent views” between EU data protection authorities over a case of data breaches by Twitter, a final decision on the bloc’s first major cross-border online privacy case is due to be published on December 17th, it has been revealed. Irish Data Commissioner Helen Dixon said on Thursday (3 December) that talks…

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Voter registration data for 113K Alaskans exposed in breach

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Dissent

Mark Thiessen of AP reports: Personal data such as driver’s license numbers and birth dates for tens of thousands of Alaskans was breached in an online voter database, but the state official overseeing elections said Thursday election results were not compromised because the online registration and vote tabulation systems are not connected. “Although some voters’…

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Why Did Instagram Leak Minors’ Email Addresses Again?

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Dissent

Jeremy Kirk reports: David Stier, a San Francisco-based data scientist, has uncovered situations in which Facebook’s Instagram service exposed the contact details of minors, such as email addresses and phone numbers. In the last month, Stier discovered that Instagram was leaking kids’ email addresses within the HMTL of the web version of users’ profiles. Instagram…

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Verizon has been leaking customers’ personal information for days (at least)

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports: Verizon is struggling to fix a glitch that has been leaking customers’ addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, and other personal information through a chat system that helps prospective subscribers figure out if Fios services are available in their location. The personal details appear when people click on a link to chat with…

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Belgium: Belgian DPA announces potential data breach at Bpost

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Dissent

OneTrust DataGuidance writes: The Belgian Data Protection Authority (‘Belgian DPA’) announced, on 1 December 2020, that it had learned of a potential security incident at Bpost through media articles. In particular, the Belgian DPA outlined that, given the position Bpost plays in Belgian society, a data breach would have made possible access to personal data…

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