Researchers claim Facebook knew for years about vulnerabilities to its "contact import" feature at the center of its data leak that affected more than 500 million users, Wired reports. The researchers allege Facebook could have taken greater efforts to stop mass data-scraping practices. Motherboa...

Clubhouse CEO Paul Davison said the social media application has not been hacked, The Verge reports. CyberNews initially reported the information of 1.3 million users had been leaked online, which included user IDs, names, and Twitter and Instagram handles. Sensitive information, such as credit card...

The New York Times reports on how vaccine passports are being viewed in different parts of the world while also pulling the curtain back on some of the technologies that may help certify health statuses for travelers. The U.K. National Health Service's COVID-19 contact-tracing application is not ...

Brazil's Digital Government Secretariat released a new platform of resources to help promote and ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Law across government agencies, ZDNet reports. The system allows for risk assessment, including security or privacy gaps, in agencies' databases, contra...

In this week's global legislative roundup, IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball provided an update on the Florida Senate's efforts to pass privacy legislation. Data protection authorities from around the world have taken action in the wake of Facebook's data breach involving more than 530 million users. The...