Not with my face: The Paraguayan State deploys facial recognition without transparency or oversight

In Paraguay, the use of biometric surveillance technologies is expanding without public knowledge, debate, or legal frameworks to ensure the protection of our fundamental rights. Facial recognition cameras are already in

https://www.tedic.org/en/not-with-my-face-the-paraguayan-state-deploys-facial-recognition/

https://www.europesays.com/1929794/ Judge Prevents DOGE From Accessing Social Security Information #DataSecurity #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #doge #ElonMusk #FrankBisignano #legal #LelandDudek #MichelleKing #Musk #News #Politics #PYMNTSNews #SensitiveData #SocialSecurityAdministration #What'sHot

Inside Elon #Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’

"Musk’s loyalists at #DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most #SensitiveData. The next step: #Unleash the #AI.'

“I was put in a position where, whether I chose to engage or not engage, I might have to cross #ethical lines. I would have to #breach the oath to the #Constitution that I swore. I would have to breach my #morals,” she says."
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-digital-coup-doge-data-ai/

#EFF Sues #OPM, #DOGE and #Musk for Endangering the #Privacy of Millions

#Lawsuit Argues Defendants Violated the #PrivacyAct by Disclosing #SensitiveData

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-sues-opm-doge-and-musk-endangering-privacy-millions

"This is the largest #databreach in American history,” Tong said in a statement on Friday. “#Doge is an unlawfully constituted band of renegade #techbros combing through #confidentialrecords, #sensitivedata and critical payment systems. What could go wrong?”

Judge temporarily blocks #Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing #treasury records | #ElonMusk | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/08/judge-temporarily-blocks-musks-doge-team-from-accessing-treasury-records

#USpol
#democracy
#ruleoflaw
#privacylaws
#confidentialinformation

Data Privacy and Security: A Developer's Guide to Handling Sensitive Data With DuckDB
https://dzone.com/articles/developers-guide-handling-sensitive-data-with-duckdb

Balancing privacy and reusability: The why, what, and how of de-identifying research data

A new post on the Odissei blog, by Ricarda Braukmann and me. I really enjoyed writing this post! Hopefully it is useful for those seeking more insights into the delicate balance between the need and obligation to protect research participants and their personal data, and the importance of maintaining the utility and reusability of your data.

https://odissei-data.nl/2024/09/18/de-identifying-research-data/

Wtf?

Via #CTV News @ 10:10pm EDT on Sept 21, 2024

Specialist divers surveying the wreckage of the US$40 million #superyacht that sank off #Sicily in August, killing seven people including #British tech #tycoon #MikeLynch, have asked for heightened security to guard the vessel, over concerns that #SensitiveData locked in its safes may interest foreign governments, multiple sources told #CNN.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/sunken-superyacht-believed-to-contain-watertight-safes-with-sensitive-intelligence-data-1.7047432

US Senate seeks clarification from AT&T over ‘easily preventable’ data breach

https://stackdiary.com/us-senate-seeks-clarification-from-att-over-easily-preventable-data-breach/

Microsoft’s advertising company Xandr accused of violating GDPR

https://stackdiary.com/microsofts-advertising-company-xandr-accused-of-violating-gdpr/

#KRITIS Sektor #Gesundheit

London #hospital's hackers publish stolen #blood test data

"A gang of cyber criminals causing huge disruption to multiple London hospitals has published #sensitivedata #stolen from an #NHS blood testing company."

#EHDS
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9ww90j9dj8o

For any souls working for UK Universities, I give permission for you to use this letter template to express concern over the possible DPA2018 and UCAS Embargo data breach risks posed by MicroSofts Windows 11 Recall 'feature'.

#UKEducation #DataProtection #UCAS #UCASEmbargo #DataBreach #SensitiveData

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PTaGx4qOZKbstcEKZz6RRNVkIpBr6ofNyiWvmoJfcLg/edit?usp=sharing

Are you working with restricted access data? We would like to hear from you!

Do you manage datasets that require access restrictions? Who would be allowed to access these data? Under what conditions do you grant access? ODISSEI and DANS have designed a survey that aims to find out more about common practices in selecting and managing data access restrictions, and their underlying motivations. We would really appreciate your input!

https://dans.knaw.nl/en/news/are-you-working-with-restricted-access-data-we-would-like-to-hear-from-you/

Alleged Leak: Threat Actor Exposes Database of Gobierno del Estado (Quintana Roo) https://dailydarkweb.net/alleged-leak-threat-actor-exposes-database-of-gobierno-del-estado-quintana-roo/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost #darkweb #databreach #government #Mexico #PanchoVilla #sensitivedata

#kids #child #sensitivedata #breach https://cabinradio.ca/178951/news/health/nwt-childs-counselling-file-missing-for-years-in-serious-breach/

How your #sensitivedata can be sold after a #databroker goes bankrupt

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/how-your-sensitive-data-can-be-sold-after-a-data-broker-goes-bankrupt/

#NSA finally admits to #spying on #Americans by purchasing #sensitivedata

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/

Ars Technica: Data broker’s “staggering” sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982106 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #personallyidentifyinginformation #federaltradecommission #onlinedatamarketplace #onlineadvertising #onlineprivacy #sensitivedata #locationdata #databroker #kochava #Policy #adtech #FTC #PII