After facing a long suspension, WhatsApp on Wednesday said it is finally launching its Payments service in Brazil as part of a gradual rollout.Brazil s Central Bank had blocked the service in June 2020, citing concerns about competition in the .
After India, Brazil targets upcoming WhatsApp privacy update
By IANS| Posted by Minhaj Adnan | Published: 17th April 2021 4:40 pm IST Photo: WhatsApp Logo
Brasilia/New Delhi: After facing an intense scrutiny in India over its upcoming privacy update, consumer protection agencies in Brazil have now asked the government to act on the May 15 privacy update that will allow Facebook to aggregate users’ data across all of its platforms.
Consumer rights non-profit organisation Idec has notified Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority, the National Consumer Secretariat and the Federal Prosecution Service, among others, with a request for joint action against the privacy policy, reports ZDNet.
Tax (fraud) season is here. Rogue insiders, data breaches, and a comment on biometrics.
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Data breach reported at Syracuse University.
Brazilian authorities investigate apparent telco data breach.
Data breach at Canadian car rental company.
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Nothing is certain except death, taxes, and data theft.
As April approaches, Americans find themselves drowning in the annual slog of tax season. Further complicating matters, the US Internal Revenue Service has issued a warning that identity thieves are taking advantage of the rush to file tax returns by attempting to steal tax preparers’ Electronic Filing Identification Numbers (EFINs), reports Bleeping Computer. A phishing campaign using emails with the subject line Verifying your EFIN before e-filing is attempting to convince tax officials to email cybercriminals documents containing their tax cred