Privacy Digest 22/24
UnitedHealth says data of 100 million stolen in Change Healthcare breach
UnitedHealth has confirmed for the first time that over 100 million people had their personal information and healthcare data stolen in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, marking this as the largest healthcare data breach in recent years.
bleepingcomputer.com
Stop exposing your Venmo activity - by changing this privacy setting. Here's why
If you're a Venmo user, you should probably review your privacy settings. If you haven't checked them before, your entire friends list and transaction history are public.
zdnet.com
How to Stop Advertisers From Tracking Your Teen Across the Internet
When children turn 13, they age out of the data protections provided by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Then, they become targets for data collection from data brokers that collect their information from social media apps, shopping history, location tracking services, and more.
eff.org
LinkedIn sued for tracking user health data
LinkedIn has been slapped with three digital privacy class actions contending that it illegally intercepted users' sensitive health care information to use in targeted advertising.
benefitspro.com
The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data
Not long ago, the ability to digitally track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a dangerous power that should remain only within the purview of nation states. But a new lawsuit in a likely constitutional battle over a New Jersey privacy law shows that anyone can now access this capability, thanks to a proliferation of commercial services that hoover up the digital exhaust emitted by widely-used mobile apps and websites.
krebsonsecurity.com