Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

The headlines have been on fire with stories about 3 billion people's data being leaked from a company you've never heard of. But like many such stories, the mainstream media gets a lot of the important details wrong and glosses over a lot of the important nuances. Today we're going to dive into what really happened and what you should do about it, whether your data was part of the breach or not. In other news: Illinois waters down its landmark biometric information law; US court rules geofence warrants are unconstitutional; FTC to investigate :surveillance pricing" and files rule impacting shady product reviews; the CFPB cracks down on some types of consumer data sales; and Consumer Reports evaluates several top data deletion services. Article Links [Reuters] Illinois governor approves business-friendly overhaul of biometric privacy law https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/illinois-governor-approves-business-friendly-overhaul-biometric-privacy-law-2024-08-05/ [TechCrunch] US appeals court r