Data and Cyber Update - August 2026 Stephenson Harwood
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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.
Protecting Data Privacy Milford-Orange Times
Who should care: General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all suffered outages at nearly the exact same time for reasons that remain murky.
CalPrivacy issues advisory on information accuracy in data broker registration MLex
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Champions for Diversity & Inclusion 2026: St. Louis tech leader named among top 100 cybersecurity leaders in North America bizjournals.com
Thomson Reuters hit by cyberattack that saw court documents across 11 states accessed by a hacker TechRadar
Relocation coincides with proposed laws that opponents say would entrench power of US tech billionaires in country Dozens of protesters converged on Peter Thiel’s mansion in Buenos Aires this week after a congressional session raised questions about the billionaire’s presence in the country. In white masks, they held signs saying “Peter Thief” and “No to the Peter Thiel law” in front of the wrought-iron gates of the $12m (£8.9m) residence, which Thiel bought in April as he moved his family to Argentina. Continue reading...