[You Deserve Privacy Online. Here’s How You Could Actually Get It – By Tim Cook
http://time.com/collection/davos-2019/5502591/tim-cook-data-privacy/ – Time.com]

We think every user should have the chance to say, “Wait a minute. That’s my information that you’re selling, and I didn’t consent.”

Security Checklist – Be safe on the internet.

https://securitycheckli.st/

An open source checklist of resources designed to improve your online privacy and security. Check things off to keep track as you go.

Ring let employees watch customer videos, claim reports - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/10/18177305/ring-employees-unencrypted-customer-video-amazon

Smart doorbell company Ring allowed employees to share unencrypted customer videos with each other

Privacy International claims most Android apps share data with Facebook without user consent - IT PRO

https://www.itpro.co.uk/privacy/32634/android-apps-share-data-facebook-without-user

The social media giant’s third-party tracking via the Facebook SDK may constitute a GDPR breach

Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data - NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/technology/weather-channel-app-lawsuit.html

The […] app deceptively collected, shared and profited from the location information of millions of American consumers, the city attorney of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.

North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46698646

a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was hacked

Analysts say there are some concerns that the leak could endanger the families of the defectors that still remain in North Korea.

Amazon gives a German Alexa user, who requested his personal data under GDPR, access to 1,700 audio files of another user; Amazon says it was due to human error

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-data-security/amazon-error-allowed-alexa-user-to-eavesdrop-on-another-home-idUSKCN1OJ15J

NPR’s move into podcasting analytics raises privacy concerns - Columbia Journalism Review

https://www.cjr.org/innovations/nprs-move-into-podcasting-analytics-raises-privacy-concerns.php

Bergen kommune får millionbot fra Datatilsynet - Bergens Tidende

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/zLB9JK/Kommunen-far-millionbot-fra-Datatilsynet

Saken begynte i vår da en 7.-klassing fant et sikkerhetshull med passord og andre personopplysninger til 35.000 elever og foresatte i bergensskolen.

Border Agents Fail to Delete Personal Data of Travelers After Electronic Searches, Watchdog Says

https://gizmodo.com/u-s-customs-fails-to-delete-personal-data-after-electr-1831006534

regularly leaving the personal data of travelers on USB drives.