Paper and film records mark the most common location of data breaches in hospitals, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care.
The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) released a survey showing that Millennial Americans – like older generations – are concerned about the privacy of their online personal information and whether online technology and social media companies are taking the appropriate steps to safeguard the personal information of consumers.
Internet users may soon have a way to have their questions about online privacy policies answered automatically, thanks to a new multi-institution research project that includes Penn State.
The Food and Drug Administration sent Strides Pharma Science a warning letter regarding violations found during an inspection in January and February of this year.
Despite the past year’s global focus on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data privacy regulations designed to give consumers more power over their data, more than half (55 percent) of respondents still don’t know how brands are using their data.
More than two billion files exposed across SMB-enabled file shares, misconfigured network-attached storage (NAS) devices, FTP and rsync servers and Amazon S3 buckets were found.
U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) sent a letter to Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos requesting information about the company’s privacy and data security practices for Alexa devices.
Nearly a quarter of surveyors have been affected by a cyber threat in the past 12 months and more than 10 percent have been affected more than once, according to the 2018 Data Health Check report.
Employees are aware of the risks associated with inadequate USB drive security, yet aren't following best practices, according to the report, “The State of USB Data Protection 2019: Employee Spotlight.”
