Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
Google has warned users in a blog article that nation state-backed hackers are using the COVID-19 crisis to ramp up phishing attempts and, in one example, are posing as American fast food franchises and sending malicious emails with fake offers and coupons to government officials and health care workers.
Google has identified over 12 government-backed…
It has been reported that the White House is investigating a hacking of the Gmail account of a contract worker who was working on the First Lady’s advance team responsible for logistics. The hacking included emails from February 2015 through July 2016, and included a scan of First Lady Michelle Obama’s passport, including her picture,…
Google has recently asked a California federal court to dismiss a proposed class action alleging that the company’s practice of scanning Gmail users e-mail for marketing data violates federal and state privacy laws, primarily the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA).
The crux of Google’s motion is that users of the company’s highly popular Gmail consent…
