LinkedIn is facing several proposed class action lawsuits filed in recent weeks in California alleging that the company is "intercepting" users' sensitive information related to appointments booked on medical websites through the use of web tracking tools for marketing and advertising purposes.
LinkedIn this week joined its peers in using social media posts as training data for AI models, raising concerns of trustworthiness and safety. The question for AI developers is not whether companies use the data or even whether it is fair to do so - it is whether the data is reliable or not.
Telegram deleted 25 videos the South Korean Communications Standards Commission said depicted sex crimes, and regulators reported that site administrators pledged a "relationship of trust." The agency said it intends to establish a hotline to ensure urgent action on deepfakes.
French authorities charged Telegram CEO and owner Pavel Durov with a slew of offenses including complicity with hacking, child sexual abuse material and refusal to cooperate with law enforcement authority requests for intercepted communications.
The Saturday evening arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov by French law enforcement agencies thrust the already controversial social media platform further into the international spotlight as Paris authorities said the Russian billionaire will likely remain in custody at least through Wednesday.
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Healthcare groups should consider several key points about a recent Texas federal court ruling and its impact on the use of online tracker technology on the healthcare websites of HIPAA-regulated organizations, said privacy attorney Iliana Peters of the law firm Polsinelli.
As the investigation of the attempted assassination of former President Trump unfolds, authorities and cybersecurity experts advise individuals and organizations to beware of online threats in the forms of physical violence, nation-state disinformation and cybercrime campaigns.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the fallout from the recent Snowflake breach and its impact on 165 companies and their users, the ongoing challenges in combating online fraud, and takeaways from ISMG's cybersecurity summit in Chicago.
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While fewer healthcare websites appear to be using online trackers now than a year ago, nearly 1 in 3 firms are still using Meta Pixel and similar tech tools despite warnings from regulators and a rise in class action litigation alleging privacy violations, said Ian Cohen, CEO of Lokker.
The FTC has proposed restricting a mental telehealth service firm from sharing consumer data and requiring it to pay a $7 million penalty to settle allegations that the firm used online tracking tools to unlawfully disclose sensitive health information to third-party advertisers without consent.
British police are investigating attempts to target Members of Parliament, their advisers and other Conservative and Labour insiders via spear-phishing messages as part of an apparent honeytrap sexting scam. Experts say low-tech attacks based on social engineering remain difficult to detect.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned the heads of Russian-based companies for spearheading disinformation campaigns that impersonated legitimate media outlets and government organizations across the globe. The firms coordinated an information manipulation campaign targeting Latin America.
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