Today in Privacy — Oct 20
Posted by PrivacyWire
- ICANN testing tech to let law enforcement access non-public WHOIS info — ICANN is testing a single-sign-on system that could give law enforcement access to non-public WHOIS information in cases involving imminent threats to life,… — discuss · link - Nikkei discloses third data breach in a month, 1.8M records exposed — A third breach in about a month, affecting 1.83 million personal information records, shows how repeated security failures can put large numbers of people at… — discuss · link - Require Police to Get a Warrant to Search ALPR Data — ALPRs photograph passing cars and record where and when they were captured, creating a searchable map of people’s movements. Requiring police to get a warrant… — discuss · link - Fake Claude, ChatGPT Attacks Surge, Putting Developers at Risk — Impersonation campaigns involving popular AI brands can trick enterprise employees into following harmful instructions, creating security risks inside… — discuss · link - Data brokers are selling your profile. Here’s how to use the GDPR to stop them. — Data brokers build profiles from your clicks, apps, and forms. See which GDPR rights give you controls and how to use them. — link These stories show how access to personal data, location records, and online profiles can expand through both official systems and criminal attacks, while repeated breaches and impersonation campaigns increase the risks. What safeguards or privacy practices are people seeing work in their own communities?