A little more than one month after the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to extend new data privacy rights to its people, the governor of California signed a separate, sweeping data protection law that borrowed several ideas from GDPR, sparking a torch in a legislative data privacy trend that has now spanned at least 10 countries. In Chile, lawmakers are … [Read more...]
David Ruiz April 1, 2020
GDPR: An impact around the world
Filed Under: Argentina, Bill No. MEN-2018-147-APN-PTE, Brazil, British Airways, California, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, Chile, CNIL, Data Protection Directive, Data Protection Directive of 1995, European Commission, GDPR, general data protection regulation, Google, india, Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais, National Data Protection Commission, Personal Data Protection Bill, privacy, Privacy Shield, Safe Harbor, Washington, Washington Data Privacy Act
Christopher Boyd July 26, 2019
Good Twitter Samaritans accidentally prevent shoeshine scam
A few days ago, Indian news portals were buzzing with tales of a well-worn shoeshine scam making its way into social media. It’s a great example of how good-natured gestures can unwittingly aid scammers when we combine high-visibility accounts with potential lack of fact checking. Thankfully, it comes with a happy ending for a change. What happened? A Twitter user dragged this offline scam into … [Read more...]
Filed Under: india, scam, shoe shine, Social engineering, social media, travel, travelling, twitter
