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Acxiom sets up site to allow individuals to see their data
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Acxiom sets up site to allow individuals to see their data

Facebook ends advertising relationship with Acxiom
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Facebook ends advertising relationship with Acxiom

Acxiom shares data with marketing intelligence company Valassis
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Acxiom shares data with marketing intelligence company Valassis

Acxiom builds links across channels, devices, and applications
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Acxiom builds links across channels, devices, and applications

In 2004, the US Department of Justice investigated the theft of 8.2GB of personal data from File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers belonging to Acxiom between 2002 and 2003. The case was thought to represent the largest case of data theft at the time. Scott Levine, the owner of the email spamming company Snipermail, was indicated on 144 offences in connection with the attack, and was eventually found guilty of 120 of them and sentenced to jail for eight years. In all, Levine and Snipermail were accused to ste
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Acxiom hack exposes 1.6 billion customer records

Acxiom data intercepted by hacker
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Acxiom data intercepted by hacker

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Google Plus vulnerability exposed 500,000 users' data

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Apple pulls Facebook-owned VPN app for allowing Facebook to analyse user data

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30 million Facebook users' accounts breached

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Competition and Data

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HIV Positive people dropping out of treatment programmes because they fear Aadhaar data leaks

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A data leak on a utility company website made details of every Aadhaar holder available

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Large telco secretly opens bank accounts using Aadhaar-linked eKYC

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Access to the details of 1 billion entries of the Aadhaar database available for only 500 rupees

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Widely-available software patch enables the creation of new people on the Aadhaar database

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Understanding the Difference between Cyber Security and Cyber Crime

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Understanding the Difference between Cyber Security and Cyber Crime

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Data Protection Guide (Complete Guide in full)

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A Guide for Policy Engagement Video

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Moveon experiments with low-cost digital persuasion

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Facebook boasts of 2015 Tory party electoral success

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Le Pen bank loan demonstrates Russian methods of spreading influence

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Fakery and the internet

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LinkedIn founder linked to groups using political manipulation

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FinCEN Russian backchannel compromises agency effectiveness

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Indian political party uses subsidized phones to target voters

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US Senate reports find social media is a threat to democracy

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Italian election study finds social media helps populist politicians

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Facebook political transparency rules block charities and small businesses

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Hackers surveil National Republican Congressional Committee during 2018 midterm election campaign