Privacy Transformation - Issue 123
PRIVACY
Survivors consider legal action to get health records amid 'bizarre' row with department
Survivors of mother and baby institutions have been told to submit FOI requests to get access to their records, despite already applying under GDPR.
Data Protection Commission concerned about Facebook's smart glasses
The Data Protection Commission has expressed concern about Facebook's new smart glasses, as it is worried they could be used to covertly capture pictures and videos of other people.
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DPC Statement on Facebook Smart Glasses
Facebook warned over ‘very small’ indicator LED on smart glasses, as EU DPAs flag privacy concerns
Concerns over facial recognition in roll-out of Garda body-cams
The meeting heard from a number of concerned bodies regarding the proposed application of the bill, which was first announced last April.
Norwegian Data Protection Authority choose not to use Facebook
Following a data protection impact assessment of Facebook, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority said it will not communicate through the social media platform.
How Hamburg became Europe's unlikely data protection trailblazer
In Germany, they call him the “Facebook hunter”. He's been described as one of Europe's most powerful protectors of data privacy, has locked horns with US tech titans, and earned a troublemaker reputation across Europe.
SECURITY & TECH
Use of Windows 7 computers 'not the sole reason' for HSE cyber attack, committee hears
The HSE cyber attack would “not have been prevented” if health service computers were running more up-to-date software, Minister of State Ossian Smyth has said.
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Cyber security agency 'under-resourced and over-tasked'
HSE still has 30,000 computers running Windows 7 six months after devastating cyber attack
CISA releases advisory on Conti ransomware, notes increase in attacks after more than 400 incidents
EU chief announces cybersecurity law for connected devices
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a Cyber Resilience Act aimed at setting common cybersecurity standards for connected devices.
Brave Launches Brave Talk for Privacy-Preserving Video Conferencing
Brave has launched Brave Talk, a new privacy-focused video conferencing feature built directly into the Brave browser.
Ransomware crims saying 'We'll burn your data if you get a negotiator
A couple of ransomware gangs have threatened to start deleting files if targeted companies call in professional negotiators to help lower prices for decryption tools.
Ransomware attacks on grain coops may just be the start of ag sector security woes
The Record by Recorded Future gives exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to leaders, policymakers, researchers, and the shadows of the cyber underground.
The smart toilet era is here - you can now flush your privacy down the toilet
Loo design has barely changed in 150 years – until now.Will people trade their privacy for the chance to find out exactly what is in their waste?
UK NCSC: Weekly Threat Report
The NCSC's weekly threat report is drawn from recent open source reporting.
DATA BREACH
MoD data breach ‘put lives at risk’ for more than 250 Afghan interpreters
Email to people who worked for British forces and seek relocation to UK mistakenly made addresses visible to all recipients
Over 60 million wearable, fitness tracking records exposed via unsecured database
An unsecured database containing over 61 million records related to wearable technology and fitness services was left exposed online.
GUIDANCE & OPINIONS
EDPS: Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism
EDPS Opinion on the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) package of legislative proposals.
RESOURCES
Paper: Synthetic Data - Anonymisation Groundhog Day
Synthetic data has been advertised as a silver-bullet solution to privacy-preserving data publishing that addresses the shortcomings of traditional anonymisation techniques. The promise is that synthetic data drawn from generative models preserves the statistical properties of the original dataset but, at the same time, provides perfect protection against privacy attacks. In this work, we present the first quantitative evaluation of the privacy gain of synthetic data publishing and compare it to that of previous anonymisation techniques.
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