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It has been 7 (strikethrough) 0 days since the last time I had to add to my list of things currently occurring in the US federal government that would get me, a privacy practitioner, immediately fired if I did them:

New:
-Conducting confidential business via personal email.

Previously:
-Using non-approved apps to transmit sensitive information
-sending sensitive information without double-checking recipient list
-setting records to auto-delete in contravention of records retention policy
-Connecting an unknown external server to the network
-data access without background check
-ignoring least necessary access principles 
-admin access without any controls
-improper segmentation/separation of duties 
-coding directly on prod
-data to 3rd party tools without due diligence
-Delete security documentation because it contains “forbidden words” used in other contexts

#dataprivacy
#databreach
#facepalm
#security
#opsec

This was really interesting and horrifying to read. It makes me want to buy a $20 burner smart phone for online shopping with a VPN.

But even scarier than the price gouging stuff, how do I know that Rite Aid didn’t sell information about me they obtained from facial recognition software when I went into their store/pharmacy to the government? They know I’m disabled because I’m on Medicare and I’m younger than 65. My disability doesn’t involve my ability to walk around a store, but if yours does will Rite Aid tell the government that they have video of you walking for 10 minutes just fine? Will that mess with your disability review? Maybe, who would even know?

Kroger’s Surveillance Pricing Harms Consumers and Raises Prices, With or Without Facial Recognition – EPIC – Electronic Privacy Information Center epic.org/krogers-surveillance-

We've all heard about the power of AI, but what's the trade-off when it comes to our personal data?

In the latest episode of the @sharedsecurity #podcast I discuss recent changes in privacy policies by big tech companies like eBay and the conversation around AI's role in data usage.

Listen now and join the discussion on how we can balance convenience and privacy in an AI-driven world!

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youtu.be/6wN1v4KnMW0

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sharedsecurity.net/2025/03/31/

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