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June 15, 2020

A week in security (June 8 – 14)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked into nasty search hijackers that worried a lot of Chrome users; a list of considerations for MSPs when looking for an RMM platform; the complaint faced by ParetoLogic, the company that issues SpeedyPC, a product that claims to find and remove various PC errors; and a ransomware attack that affected car manufacturers like Honda and Enel. Other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: a week in security, Babylon Health, banking app, Brave, Brave browser, covid-19, data breach, Enel ransomware, facebook, fake gift card, healthcare app data breach, Honda ransomware, managed service providers, MSP, paretologic, privacy, ransomware, RMM, RMM platform, Snake ransomware, SpeedyPC, twitter, whatsapp
September 19, 2019

CEOs offer their own view of a US data privacy law

Last week, the chief executives of more than 50 mid- and large-sized companies urged Congress to pass a national data privacy law to regulate how companies collect, use, and share Americans’ data. Buried deep within the chief executives’ recommendations for such a law, presented as a policy framework for guidance, was a convenient proposal: Private individuals should not be allowed to sue … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Brave, Brave browser, Business Roundatble, California, California Consumer Privacy Act, Center for Democracy and Technology, consumer privacy, consumer privacy law, Data privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EU, European Union, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, GDPR, general data protection regulation, Maine, montana, Nevada, pay-for-privacy, privacy, Purism, Senator Ron Wyden, Technet, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, US Federal Trade Commission, Vermont
July 10, 2019

What should a US federal data privacy law ideally include?

In the constant David-and-Goliath struggle between digital privacy advocates and corporate privacy invaders, the question of how to legally protect Americans with a comprehensive, federal data privacy law provides conflicting answers. Advocates want protections, which Big Tech interprets as restrictions. As of today, there is no one digital privacy law to rule them all. While a few state laws … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AB 846, AB 873, Brave, Brave browser, California Consumer Privacy Act, data broker, Data privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, digital bill of rights, Disconnect, DuckDuckGo, European Union, federal data privacy law, federal data privacy legislation, GDPR, general data protection regulation, Ghostery, internet service provider, Lavabit, Maine, preempt, preemption, privacy, protonmail, Purism, right to access, social purpose company, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, US Senate Judiciary Committee, Vermont, Vivaldi