Privacy concerns how laws and norms govern personal data, shaping cybersecurity duties for collection, storage, access, and disclosure.
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Privacy is the ability of people to control how information about them is collected, used, retained, and disclosed. In technical and legal contexts, it covers identifiable data and data that can support inferences about a person, not only information made public. Privacy rules and organizational policies commonly address purpose, transparency, access, correction, retention, and sharing.
For security practitioners, privacy depends on reducing unnecessary data and restricting legitimate access: data minimization, encryption, least-privilege controls, segregation of identifiers, retention limits, and audit logs all reduce exposure. Compromised credentials, misconfigured storage, excessive telemetry, or third-party access can reveal sensitive information; pseudonymized datasets may also be re-identified when combined with other data. During an incident, teams must establish what personal data was accessed or disclosed, contain further exposure, preserve evidence, and meet applicable notification and handling requirements.
The activity-recording capability has drawn concerns from the security community and privacy experts, but the tech giant is being measured in its gradual rollout, which is still in preview mode.
Privacy Advocates Warn of Risks from Expanding DHS Use of AI and Facial RecognitionThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reportedly expanding its use of emerging surveillance tools, including drones and artificial intelligence, without proper safeguards as experts warn of potential privacy violations and risks involving facial recognition and third-party data usage.
Individuals concerned about the privacy of their communications should consider using encrypted messaging apps and encrypted voice communications, CISA and FBI officials say.
Telehealth Firm Previously Paid $1.5M Fine to FTC for Similar Privacy IssuesGoodRx has reached a $25 million preliminary settlement of proposed class action litigation alleging the telehealth company violated privacy and an assortment other laws and statues when it previously collected and shared consumers' information with third-parties through online tracking tools.