Tag: privacy‑by‑design
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A Silent Exposure: How Illinois’ Human Services Agency Left 700,000 Residents’ Health Data Public for Years
Illinois’ largest human services agency left sensitive health-related data for nearly 700,000 people exposed on the open internet for years—then waited more than 100 days after discovering the problem to tell anyone. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) now faces questions that go far beyond a single misconfiguration. The breach, disclosed publicly in early…
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From TikTok to Gmail: How €3 Billion in GDPR Fines Are Rewriting the Rules for AI, Adtech and Global Data Flows
Regulators in Europe are reshaping the data protection landscape, with GDPR fines hitting unprecedented levels and increasingly targeting AI systems, adtech practices, and cross‑border data flows. From TikTok’s €530 million penalty for China transfers to Google’s sanctions for manipulative consent flows, enforcement is no longer a theoretical risk—it is a structural business reality that organizations…