PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

India is mulling the idea of requesting eCommerce and social media companies to only store customer data locally, which could impact the likes of Amazon and Facebook and its WhatsApp messaging service in the country. Reuters reported the government would move to offer incentives to store data locally in India.

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MAY 21, 2018

Against the backdrop of social media controversy — remember Facebook , of course, and 87 million users’ data exposed to Cambridge Analytica — oversight is tightening in Europe. In company-specific news here in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. PYMNTS breaks down the $24 million in venture capital raised.

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Perficient

JUNE 7, 2023

Positives (Or Less Negative Than Before) Unrealized losses on held-to-maturity securities totaled $284.0 Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities totaled $231.6 Uses social media and market sentiment analytics to assess market sentiment and generate prescriptive insights on threats to brand reputation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

The German Federal Court has ordered Facebook to comply with an order from the country’s antitrust regulator and stop data collection of users in the country, Reuters reported Tuesday (June 23). Securities and Exchange Commission. The ruling is a setback for the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The workshop will cover a broad array of topics within the FTC’s jurisdiction, including truth-in-advertising law, social media marketing, data security, business-to-business fraud, and other business basics. The Truth About False Advertising (an overview of the FTC’s truth-in-advertising expectations).

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Perficient

APRIL 3, 2024

She underlines the necessity for insurers to establish a solid foundation comprising document digitization and a robust data fabric to ensure success with these technologies stating, “GenAI outcomes will only be as good as the data.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

The EU’s investigative unit will form a task force to examine TikTok’s activities across the 27-nation bloc following a request from a lawmaker concerned about its data collection and its security and privacy risks. EU authorities can fine companies for violations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In the February Digital Identity Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest developments in the world of digital IDs, including digital driver’s license initiatives around the country, biometric solutions for credit cards and the growing danger of fake profiles on social media. Deep Dive: How Fake Profiles Endanger Social Media Networks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect May of 2018, has had some serious repercussions on tech companies all over Europe, but especially in the U.K. data protection watchdog is looking into the company after it reported “limited fraudulent activity” on some customers’ accounts.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 12, 2018

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s investigation into data usage at Facebook related to housing and financial services advertising appears to continue, despite signs that it had been halted earlier this year.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 7, 2018

Recent news that Facebook is in talks with banks on a solution other than “services like customer chat or account management” overlooked how the social media platform already works with banks, a representative of the social network told Bank Innovation. The Wall Street Journal has it wrong.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Banks must enable fast and seamless onboarding experiences, but these processes should also be secure. FIs do not really have the choice to make onboarding’s security procedures less stringent, however. Data and Authentication Frustrations.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2018

after the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) ruled that the social media network operator was engaged in “serious breaches of data protection.” The data, which was processed from 2007 through 2014, was accessible to developers of third-party vendors without the Facebook users providing consent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Facebook , the beleaguered social media giant that is facing intense scrutiny into its business practices, could be on the hook for a multibillion dollar fine, reported CNN. It confirmed to CNN late last week that it started a “statutory” inquiry into the social media giant after it received several reports of data breaches.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics are changing the digital security landscape, and a recent study found that social media networks have become a more popular way for hackers to target new victims. All this, Today In Data. 22 billion: Projected over-the-top (OTT) media revenue for 2019.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2018

Royal Bank of Canada and Facebook today offered differing versions of why the social media company continued to give the bank extraordinary access to customer data after Facebook said publicly that it would stop doing so.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Nordstrom has suffered a data breach that exposed employee names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, checking account and routing numbers, salaries and more. Social media posts show that some former employees, who left the company months ago, have also received notification letters.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In the latest Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS examines how customer migration to mobile and digital offerings is creating security related challenges for banks big and small — and how financial institutions (FIs) around the space are working to solve them. Elsewhere in the space, FIs are seemingly more focused on social media integrations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Secure payments provider PCI Pal launched a new digital service on Tuesday (Jan. 28) that will let organizations offer ultra-secure payments across a multitude of channels, from social media to email and everything in between. Using the service, customers will be able to pay securely through any channel.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

The news site attributed information about the data exposure to researcher Bob Diachenko of security firm Comparitech. 19) report on news site Information Security stated, in part: “Diachenko first contacted Deep Social using the email address listed on its website to disclose the exposure. A Wednesday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is Twitter’s lead regulator in the European Union. 25), the DPC said it was again looking into the social media giant because of another breach notification it received from the company, according to a report from Reuters. On Friday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

As we know, mostly anonymous corporations have been collecting consumer data online for years, usually without explicit permission, selling it or using it for ad retargeting and personalization. Then, there are the huge data breaches that just keep happening, increasingly to companies with high levels of consumer trust.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

Timehop , the mobile app that gathers photos from social media, disclosed on Monday (July 9) that it was the subject of a data breach. In a blog post, the company said that on July 4 it experienced a network intrusion that led to a breach of some of its customers’ data.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

It’s kind of like being on the “worst dressed list” except that we’re talking about stolen data and, probably, lots of lawsuits. Welcome, then, to the Top Data Breaches of 2019. In data coming into the end of the year, Risk Based Security said hackers had accessed 7.9 The readings are pretty grim. Thousands of breaches.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Mailing is a huge problem, data quality is a core problem and there are statistics out there that say [improper addressing] costs U.S. Mailing is a huge problem, data quality is a core problem and there are statistics out there that say [improper addressing] costs U.S. That's no joke.”. Errors Are A Widespread Problem.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

It’s a new year, and in Europe, an expansion of scrutiny and laws governing data sharing. The dawn of 2020 brought a spate of new rules governing data collection and use. Sites are also required to offer free services that inform users when data is being collected and how it may be used. In India, Too. A California CFPB?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2016

Check out who secured venture capital in our breakdown below. Enterprise Security. Ionic Security. It may have begun as a way for individuals to take control of the data they share on social media sites, but Ionic Security has begun to shift its focus to securing the data of enterprises and their employees.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

First Data’s 2018 Consumer Cybersecurity Study is based on data from 1,767 U.S. consumers among four age groups: Linksters (ages 18-23), Socializers (24-34), the MTV Generation (35-54), and Maturists (55+).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

In the continuing saga focused on user data, how that data is used, and transparency, score one for the Europeans. In news reported early Tuesday (April 9), Facebook has acquiesced to demands from the European Commission and other authorities, and has revised the way it discloses the use of data.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Social Security Administration, for example, requires recipients using its website to provide unique eight-digit codes sent via text to their smartphones in addition to their usernames and passwords when they sign up or log in. . A silver lining exists, however. It also outlines some of the frictions entities face when doing so. .

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Abrigo

JULY 13, 2023

Avoid fraud losses from pig butchering scams FinCrime professionals looking to prevent pig butchering scams in the age of cryptocurrency can follow these steps to tighten security. A scam usually begins with online contact via social media or dating apps. Enhance data analytics capabilities : Data is a powerful tool.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

You can be sure that one area of regression involves social media. New research, in fact, supports that idea — specifically, the high value that consumers attach to Facebook , and the high cost it would take to make them leave the social media platform. But that doesn’t mean consumers plan to leave Facebook anytime soon.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Omni Security and Authentication. Consumers expect to do business with their bank online seamlessly, without the hassle of complicated security checks, whether through their mobile phone, smart watch, home speaker or other connected device. Around The Security And Authentication Space. presidential election.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

A $5 million gift from Craiglist’s Craig Newmark Philanthropies will support a new program, led by former Facebook security expert Alex Stamos. Stamos, who left Facebook last August, called the power given to social media companies to police election issues “insane.”. But it’s because governments aren’t stepping up.”.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 17, 2017

According to a report by DataVisor– a big data security analytics provider– fraudsters are most active on social media platforms (no surprise there), and have to launch thousands of attacks on the platform in order to make a […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Instagram is inviting a group of security researchers known as white hat hackers to stress-test its Checkout feature before it launches outside the United States. While Instagram has assured users that Checkout payments are secure, adding that it never shares payment information with sellers and keeps financial information on secured servers.

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