Feds Propose Crackdown on Data Brokers Selling Sensitive Personal Information
New rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and settlements from the Federal Trade Commission would limit what ...
New-Indy Containerboard Defeats Proposed Data-Breach Class Suit
Cardboard-box maker New-Indy Containerboard LLC defeated for now a proposed class action alleging it negligently failed to ...
US agency proposes new rule blocking data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive personal data
The U.S. consumer protection agency said it's closing the loophole to block the "widespread evasion" of federal law by data ...
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AI, huge hacks leave consumers facing a perfect storm of privacy perils
Hackers are using artificial intelligence to mine unprecedented troves of personal information dumped online in the past year ...
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How useful, really, are the steps you can take after a data breach?
The dreaded data breach notification... It tells you your personal data's been compromised and suggests steps you can take to ...
New consumer protection rules would block data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive info
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hopes to rein in transactions that can expose Social Security numbers, financial ...
MOVEit breach chaos continues, data on hundreds of thousands leaked from Nokia, Morgan Stanley
A hacker with the alias "Nam3L3ss" started leaking data from six companiesThe companies include Nokia, Bank of America, and ...
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Data Brokers Could Be Reined In With This New Rule — If It Survives Trump
The proposal comes from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which the Trump administration may try to abolish.
Chicago College Skirts Suit Over Breach of 200,000 People's Data
A plaintiff dropped a proposed class action against Saint Xavier University that had claimed the Chicago private school’s failure to protect its systems led to a data breach exposing the information ...
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Viewers receive Equifax data breach settlement email. Is it legitimate?
News 8 On Your Side is answering questions about an email many viewers are receiving. The message informs you that you are ...
Data brokers may be banned from selling your social security number
In the wake of high-profile hacks affecting hundreds of millions of Americans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ...
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Proposed rule would bar sale of Americans' financial data to adversaries
An infamous breach of the Office of Personnel Management that surfaced in 2015 helped galvanize attention to the issue after ...