CDP Institute

The platform enables Fortune 500 companies and others that use cloud tools to ensure data will not be exposed to the cloud provider.

The apps used by users and drivers were collecting personal information so were in violation of relevant laws and regulations.

The RiskIQ threat intelligence services will be integrated into Microsoft’s flagship security offerings.

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy presented his guiding principles to the Human Rights Council, including support for evolving children’s autonomy and independence in bearing their own rights to privacy. The Holy See disagreed, emphasizing the oversight role of parents. The UNSR called for education starting at a young age to make kids tech & privacy savvy.

Kids are prime targets for advertisers, and it can be easy to get their data thanks to privacy policies that often ask for broad permissions and are often complicated or confusing for children and adults. Greenlight, which says it doesn’t currently sell data of kids to advertisers, still collects a lot – including locations and behavioral profiles – and reserves the right to share and deliver “tailored content” in the future.

Dual announcements about data cloud company, Snowflake this week. The first is from Securiti, which  announced a partnership that will enable it to bring its functionality to operate natively inside Snowflake, and the second announcement is from Snowflake which will allow the company’s customers to activate audiences on any platform that has adopted Unified ID 2.0. Read More – Securiti Read More – Snowflake – Unified ID

The Tripwire survey asked 300+ security professionals at companies with 100+ employees about their public cloud infrastructure and security practices, and also about how consumers perceive that security. It found 73% of organizations operated in a multicloud environment; 98% reported that relying on multiple providers created additional security challenges; and 98% want more security improvements from cloud providers and assurance of compliance with security frameworks.

Jebbit’s 5th Consumer Data Trust Index surveying 100 top traditional and D2C companies found consumers want personalization, data transparency and personal offers in return for sharing their data. Use of first-party data was a trend found to build trust as was using interactive tools, like quizzes for engagement.

Connecticut enacts new legislation expanding protection of patient and medical data and incentivizing businesses to adopt cybersecurity safeguards that conform to industry standards.

The central bank in South Asia has directed Mastercard to notify all card-issuing banks and non-banks that it can no longer issue credit, debit or prepaid cards to new customers. Mastercard is the third, following American Express and Diners Club, found noncompliant with India’s data storage rules.

The Washington Post and 16 media partners report Israeli NSO Group’s Pegasus military-grade spyware was used to hack smartphones of select journalists, rights activists and business executives. The story, which NSO Group disputes, says these were included on a list of 50,000+ numbers concentrated in countries that surveil private citizens.