The newly introduced "My Number" ID cards, equipped with facial recognition authentication, consolidate the personal information of Japanese citizens and residents, aiming to simplify the process of accessing government services like social security and healthcare. Read more about this case study here.

Capital One Financial Corporation announced a data breach that affected approximately 100 million individuals in the United States and approximately 6 million in Canada.

Quest Diagnostics has suffered a massive data breach and it implicates more than 12 million patient records. 

Forty-six percent of U.S. employees have never heard of the CCPA, according to MediaPRO’s 2019 Eye on Privacy Report.  

The Social Security numbers of 2.5 million deceased Americans are used each year.

Two men who authorities say were competing to impress their fellow hackers were arrested on federal charges they stole the e-mail addresses of more than 100,000 Apple iPad users, including politicians and media personalities.