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Victoria’s Secret has temporarily taken its U.S. website offline and suspended certain in-store services due to a recently identified security concern. The company said it took these steps as a safety measure but hasn’t shared many details. On Thursday, customers saw a notice on the site instead of the usual shopping page. It said the […]
Star Health and Allied Insurance, one of India’s largest health insurers, is going through a serious crisis. Reports suggest that the company suffered a major data breach that exposed personal information of policyholders. This has caused internal chaos, as several top-level executives have either stepped down or faced investigation. These include key leaders like the […]
On May 14, the Belgian Court delivered a major blow to the online advertising world by ruling that the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) is illegal. For years, nearly 80% of websites have used the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) to secure user consent for data tracking. Big tech players like Google, Amazon, and X […]
Tiffany & Co. has confirmed that a data breach has affected some of its customers in South Korea, making it the second such incident involving an LVMH brand after Dior. On May 26, Tiffany Korea sent emails to certain customers. They informed them about a cybersecurity breach involving unauthorized access to a vendor platform used […]
The draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) rules require banks to get clear, explicit consent from customers before using their data for anything beyond the original purpose. While many banks already follow this principle, experts say these formal rules leave no room for regulatory shortcuts or loopholes. Experts also say it’s still too early to […]
Global sportswear giant Adidas has confirmed two separate data breaches affecting its customers in South Korea and Türkiye. Both incidents involved unauthorized access to personal data through third-party customer service providers, raising serious concerns about data security. In South Korea, Adidas publicly disclosed the breach on May 16. The company said that customer information was […]
Italy’s data protection authority, Garante, has fined Replika, an AI chatbot company based in San Francisco, €5 million ($5.64 million) for violating user data protection rules. The decision, made public on Monday, highlights how important it is for AI platforms to have strong privacy safeguards as regulatory oversight grows. Replika, which launched in 2017, lets […]
Apple recently decided to partner with Alibaba, one of China’s biggest tech companies, to bring AI features to iPhones sold in China. This move helps Apple follow China’s rules, which require foreign companies to use Chinese-made AI models when offering AI-based services in the country. Apple first tried to work with Baidu, another Chinese AI […]
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) disclosed a data breach involving attachments from its online complaint form. Search engines accidentally indexed these attachments, making them publicly accessible. An independent investigator said the breach occurred between April 3 and April 10, 2025. Attachments uploaded from March 24 to April 10, 2025, were affected. The breach also […]
South Korea has fined Chinese e-commerce platform Temu nearly one million dollars for illegally transferring the personal information of Korean users to China and other countries, according to the country’s data protection watchdog. Temu, along with other fast-growing Chinese platforms like Shein and AliExpress, has gained massive popularity across the world by offering a wide […]