Large technology companies are increasingly looking for new user login methods that do not rely on passwords to protect users, MediaPost reports. The use of passkeys, including face scans, fingerprints or number codes to unlock a device, is growing among companies such as Apple, eBay and Uber.Full story
CyberScoop reports a Washington, D.C., voter breach may have affected all registered voters within the district. It is unclear if information such as Social Security numbers, drivers' license numbers or similar personally identifiable information was extracted. The District of Columbia Board of Elections hired a cybersecurity firm to investigate the incident after learning the data was being offered for sale online.Full story
The European Commission issued the legal framework for publishing audit reports and audit implementation reports for very large online platforms and very large online search engines under the Digital Services Act. The regulation establishes legal requirements, such as the processes for VLOPs and VOSEs to select an independent auditor and audit methodology.Full story
Utilizing privacy enhancing technologies to focus on scanning data stores is only half of the privacy equation, Relyance AI Senior Product Manager Sanket Kavishwar writes. Kavishwar said the other half of privacy is the code that creates the personal data in the first place.
Belgium's data protection authority, the APD, released a checklist for proper application and usage of third-party cookies and user tracking mechanisms. The checklist offers reminders along with "dos and don'ts" for applying cookies while the APD reminds companies that "free, specific, (and) informed" consent is required for any tracking that is not strictly necessary.Full story
HP is shifting its device-centric customer business model to a more relationship-based model that is reliant on data. To streamline privacy engineering efforts across all business units, the company recently launched its Privacy Engineering Center of Excellence. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse spoke with HP Center of Excellence team members to discuss how they are updating privacy engineering solutions at their company. Full story
The Amsterdam District Court, Rechtbank Amsterdam, ordered online advertiser Criteo to halt third-party cookies use and take corrective measures or face daily fines for noncompliance. Following findings in favor of plaintiff's claim of nonconsensual placement of cookies, Criteo must honor the plaintiff's requests for access, receipt and deletion, while informing third parties of the requests.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., asked genealogy company 23andMe to provide details on how personal information from its site allegedly ended up on the dark web, Reuters reports. The company says it did not sustain a breach, however, data from approximately 5 million users was leaked in two batches over recent weeks.Full story
Santa Clara University School of Law associate clinical professor Linsey Krolik, CIPP/US, was named the co-supervisor of the school's Privacy Law Certificate. Krolik helps oversee the school's Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic and previously served as in-house privacy counsel for PayPal and BILL.Full story
The Australian Financial Review reports Microsoft pledged AUD5 billion to the Australian government to bolster cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and cloud-computing capabilities. Notably, the investment includes training programs for 300,000 Australian AI and cloud professionals as well as collaboration with cyberdefense agencies to improve threat identification and response.Full story