Well, readers, the previous week was filled with tech news and stuff. The most shocking ones were the McDonald data breach and the Global outage of several websites like Amazon, the New York Times and uk.gov.
And another news for the Tik Tok users, the video-sharing giant announced that it would collect biometrics like face print and voiceprint.
Isn’t this a threat to the privacy of users?
Read about this and more in Seers Weekly Update below. We will see you next week.
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Top Stories and Updates
McDonald hit by data breach:
McDonald’s becomes the latest high profile company to be hit by the data breach. This exposed the private information of customers and employees of South Korea and Taiwan. Read more here
The UK offered the watchdog role by Google in terms of browser cookie phase-out.
Google offers the UK regulators a role in overseeing its phasing out of ad tracking technology from its Chrome browser. Read more here
Global outage knocks out Amazon and UK government website:
The Fastly’s a Content Delivery Network (CDN) global outage knocked major websites around the globe. The Guardian, the Financial Times, The New York Times, Reddit, Twitch, Amazon, PayPal, and the UK government website gov. uk experienced an hour-long outage. According to Fastly, it occurred because of the undiscovered software bug. Read more here
Tik Tok will collect your face print and voiceprint:
The Social media giant TikTok according to its new data privacy policy, may now collect biometric identifiers like face print and voiceprint in the US. Read more here
Colorado adopts new privacy act giving users a choice to “Opt-out” of targeted advertising:
After Virginia and California, Colorado became the latest state in the US to pass the privacy act titled Colorado Privacy Act. It increasingly grants users the right to opt-out of the consent procurement process. Read more here
Apple adds privacy features to mail and safari.
Apple would be adding robust new functions to Mail and Safari as well as strengthening privacy. Furthermore, the giant claims that it will also give insight to users about what their installed apps are doing with their information. Read more here
European Commission launches new standard contractual clauses for safe transference of data:
The European Commission rolls out new standards contractual clauses. The changes regarding what must be present in a standard contractual clause come from Schrem’s II case, which invalidated Privacy Shield Agreement. Read more here
450% increase in data breaches containing usernames and passwords in 2021
The latest Identity Breach Report released by ForgeRock, a global digital identity leader, findings from 2021 reveals an unprecedented 450% surge in breaches containing usernames and passwords globally. Read more here
