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23andMe will have court-appointed overseer for genetic data in bankruptcy

Genetic testing company 23andMe agreed to allow a court-appointed overseer to take charge of ensuring customers' genetic data remains protected during the company's bankruptcy, settling a dispute with several U.S. states.

#23andMe #DNA #genetics #bankruptcy #business #security #cybersecurity #infosec #data #bigdata

finance.yahoo.com/news/23andme

Yahoo Finance · 23andMe will have court-appointed overseer for genetic data in bankruptcyBy Dietrich Knauth
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TikTok fined $600 million for sending user data to China

TikTok has been ordered to pay €530 million (around $600 million) for sending European users’ data to servers in China, a breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

#Ireland #TikTok #bytedance #GDPR #Europe #EU #data #bigdata #legal #socialmedia

theverge.com/news/660047/tikto

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The Verge · TikTok fined $600 million for sending user data to ChinaBy Dominic Preston
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The Eagle (American University): American University librarians take up the mantle with government data rescue project. “A team of four librarians at American University is joining a nationwide effort to preserve removed or redacted data in a Government Information Data Rescue guide. Editors Jessica Breen, Gwendolyn Reece, Olivia Ivey and Sarah Gilchrist each bring their own expertise to the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/02/the-eagle-american-university-librarians-take-up-the-mantle-with-government-data-rescue-project/

#americanuniversity#bigdata#contentremoval
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"Many things are necessary to lead a full, free life--good health, economic and educational opportunity, and a fair break in the marketplace, to name a few. But none of these is more important than the most basic of all individual rights, the right to privacy. A system that fails to respect its citizens' right to privacy fails to respect the citizens themselves. ... At no time in the past has our Government known so much about so many of its individual citizens.
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Advanced technology has created new opportunities for America as a nation, but it has also created the possibility for new abuses of the individual American citizen. Adequate safeguards must always stand watch so that man remains the master-and never becomes the victim--of the computer."

Radio Address About the American Right of Privacy - Richard M. Nixon, 23 February 1974

presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/

Part of this speech is featured in an excerpt from the 1981 NOVA documentary, "Computers, Spies and Private Lives", restored by the Computer History Archives Project (CHAP).

youtube.com/watch?v=lvGgeb0RVyY

#Privacy @PrivacyDigest #BigData #USGov #NationalSecurityAgency #NSA #Cryptography #Cryptology #RichardMNixon #RichardNixon #NOVA #CHAP #InformationSecurity #InfoSec

Black and white photograph of president Richard M. Nixon associated with his radio address about the American Right of Privacy on 23 February 1974 featured in the 1981 NOVA documentary, "Computers, Spies and Private Lives", restored by the Computer History Archives Project (CHAP) and included in the video. Nixon is pictured from the chest up facing the camera. He wears a dark suit and patterned tie with a light shirt.
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