DATA PRIVACY
In an increasingly digital world, data privacy has become a critical concern as personal information is collected, shared, and stored on a massive scale. The challenge lies in balancing convenience and innovation with the need for security, transparency, and control over one’s own data
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October 2023 ⦁ Medium Magazine
DNA Hacking: How Hackers Can Access and Manipulate Your Genetic Data
June 2022 ⦁ Real Change
Seattle Cops Can Break Into Your Phone — And That’s a Big Problem
August 2023 ⦁ Medium Magazine
The “Weaponization of Data” Threats Associated with Data Brokers
May 2021 ⦁ PBS News Hour
Here’s How Much Your Personal Information is Worth to Cyber-criminals – And What They Do With It
June 2023 ⦁ Medium Magazine
Biodigital Surveillance: Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Biological Data
October 2023 ⦁ The HIPPA Journal
7 Ways AI Can be Used by Hackers to Steal Health-care Data
July 2019 ⦁ DOI Foundation
Emerging Technologies Towards Enhancing Privacy in Genomic Data Sharing
February 2024 ⦁ Housing Wire
Major Real Estate Firms Among Defendants in 118 Data Privacy Lawsuits
May 2024 ⦁ CMS Wire
The Corporations That Have Your Data and How They Profit From It
June 2023 ⦁ Venture Beat
Top 10 Cybersecurity Findings from Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Report
May 2023 ⦁ DOI Foundation
Data Security Crisis in Universities: Identification of Key Factors Affecting Data Breach Incidents
April 2024 ⦁ Bleeping Computer
Kaiser Permanente: Data Breach May Impact 13.4 Million Patients
February 2020 ⦁ Meta Compliance
5 Damaging Consequences of Data Breach: Protect Your Assets
June 2023 ⦁ Scientific American
Science Shouldn’t Give Data Brokers Cover for Stealing Your Privacy
January 2023 ⦁ Tomson Reuters
United States Data Privacy Laws to Enter New Area in 2023
October 2023 ⦁ Pew Research Center
How Americans View Data Privacy. The Role of Technology Companies, AI and Regulations
November 2018 ⦁ Free Organization
Why Data Privacy Is a Controversy That Shouldn’t Exist
February 2024 ⦁ Brennan Center for Justice
Data Brokers Are Running Wild, and Only Congress Can Rein Them In
February 2024 ⦁ Engadget
HIPAA Protects Health Data Privacy, But Not in the Ways Most People Think
February 2024 ⦁ Harvard Business Review
Risk Management: Why Data Breaches Spiked in 2023
Data Privacy & Protection
Data privacy refers to the right of individuals to control how their personal information is collected, used, and shared, ensuring their sensitive data remains secure from unauthorized access. Data protection involves the policies, technologies, and legal frameworks designed to safeguard this information from breaches, theft, or misuse. With the rise of digital tracking, AI, and cloud storage, strong data privacy laws and security measures are essential to prevent surveillance, identity theft, and corporate exploitation of personal data.
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Data Brokers
A "data broker" is a company that collects personal information about individuals from various sources, compiles it into detailed profiles, and then sells that data to other organizations, like marketers or researchers, for various purposes like targeted advertising or market analysis; essentially acting as an intermediary by buying and selling personal data. Other types of organizations purchase data from brokers, too. According to a Business Insider report, several US government agencies, such as the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, are clients of Venntel, a massive US-based data broker.
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Data Breaches & Targets
A data breach occurs when one or more individuals are allowed to read data they are not authorized to access. Once they can read the data, they can steal it and often make changes to it. Depending on the type of data involved, the consequences can include destruction or corruption of databases, the leaking of confidential information, the theft of intellectual property and regulatory requirements to notify and possibly compensate those affected. Business data only becomes a target when it is of value to a third party. Different kinds of data are more or less valuable to third parties and represent different levels of risk to a business.
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Problems with Data Privacy in the U.S.
The primary problem with data privacy in the US is the lack of a comprehensive federal law regulating how companies can collect, use, and share personal consumer data, leaving individuals with little control over their information and exposing them to potential risks like data breaches, identity theft, and targeted advertising without their knowledge or consent; this patchwork of weak state laws and sector-specific regulations often fails to adequately protect consumer privacy across the board.
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― YouTube Videos
14 min ⦁ James Jani
Data Brokers: The Dark Industry of Selling Your Identity for Profit
17 min ⦁ TEDx
Madhumita Murgia:How Data Brokers Sold My Identity
14 min ⦁ TEDx
Fred Cate: TEDx Data Privacy and Consent
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