After student's shooting rampage, Thai school reopens under tight security Reuters
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A face-search site left millions of photos open. For many of the people in those photos, the law offers remarkably little recourse.
Most people shrug when told their data is collected. The shrug is rational. The harm arrives without a return address.
A guide on doxxing incident response has been published as a follow-up to an earlier piece on reducing your digital footprint. It focuses on applying open-source intelligence methods to respond when personal information has already been exposed and shared.
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A guide on doxxing prevention explains how attackers use legal, publicly accessible methods to expose personal information and harm targets. Because comprehensive data privacy laws offer little protection, individuals bear much of the responsibility for managing their own digital footprint.
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Iceland to seek new security partnerships after voters reject EU accession talks Reuters
California regulators are putting data brokers on notice that deliberately complicated opt-out processes may violate state law. The move signals enforcement attention on brokers who make it difficult for residents to exercise their data rights.
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Australia has released early proposals for a second round of reforms to its Privacy Act, signaling that the government intends to continue updating the country's core privacy framework beyond its initial round of changes.
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Meloni's big reforms flounder but security bills flourish in Italy Reuters