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Prevent database is secure but not secret | Letter

Describing a documented database as ‘secret’ risks causing unjustified distrust in a multi-agency…

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YouTube’s fine and child safety online | Letters

Fining YouTube for targeting adverts at children as if they were adults shows…

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Myki data release breached privacy laws and revealed travel histories, including of Victorian MP

Researchers able to identify MP Anthony Carbines’s travel history using tweets and Public…

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Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms

Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information from Biostar 2 discovered on publicly…

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Why do people keep using tech firms that abuse their data?

Despite privacy scandals, Facebook is more profitable than ever – journalists must use…

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Fallout from Gavin Williamson sacking | Letters

Readers respond to the sacking of the defence secretary Gavin Williamson over accusations…

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Parenting club Bounty fined £400,000 for selling users’ data

Company illegally shared 34.4m records with 39 companies, information commissioner findsThe parenting club…

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Largest collection ever of breached data found

Store of 770m email addresses and passwords discovered after being put on hacking…

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