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Amazon Fires Employee Who Leaked Customer Names, Emails

27 Oct, 2020 amazon, amazon data, Amazon privacy, Breach, customer notification, data breach, data collection, Data sharing, email address, employee, fired, insider threat, law enforcement, Privacy, Security News 0 Comments

Amazon notified customers and law enforcement of the insider-threat incident this week. Amazon has fired an employee who shared customers’ names and email addresses with a third party. An Amazon spokesperson told Threatpost that it has systems in place to limit and control access to information, and processes in place . . . Read more

The TikTok Ban: Security Experts Weigh in on the App’s Risks

19 Sep, 2020 app bans, censorship, China, dangers, data collection, downloads, Government, Malware, mobile app security, Mobile Security, Privacy, security concerns, security experts, Security News, Spying, surveillance, tik-tok 0 Comments

The administrator of your personal data will be Threatpost, Inc., 500 Unicorn Park, Woburn, MA 01801. Detailed information on the processing of personal data can be found in the privacy policy. In addition, you will find them in the message confirming the subscription to the newsletter.

Govt.-Backed Contact-Tracing Apps Raise Privacy Hackles

10 Sep, 2020 Apple, California, contact tracing, COVID-19, data collection, Electronic Frontier Foundation, exposure notification, Gavin Newsom, google, lawmakers, legislators, Mobile Security, Privacy, Security News 0 Comments

The administrator of your personal data will be Threatpost, Inc., 500 Unicorn Park, Woburn, MA 01801. Detailed information on the processing of personal data can be found in the privacy policy. In addition, you will find them in the message confirming the subscription to the newsletter.

TikTok Surreptitiously Collected Android User Data Using Google-Prohibited Tactic

12 Aug, 2020 Android, ByteDance Ltd., data collection, Encryption, google, Government, mobile apps, mobile devices, Mobile Security, Privacy, Security News, Smartphones, tiktok, Wall Street Journal 0 Comments

The administrator of your personal data will be Threatpost, Inc., 500 Unicorn Park, Woburn, MA 01801. Detailed information on the processing of personal data can be found in the privacy policy. In addition, you will find them in the message confirming the subscription to the newsletter.