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Month: June 2022

FTC lawsuit: Walmart stores turn ‘blind eye’ to wire transfer fraud, enable millions in scams

June 29, 2022 Bob Sullivan 1

Walmart employees were trained to “turn a blind eye” when criminals used their money transfer services for fraud, and in some cases, store workers were in on it, claims the Federal Trade Commission in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.  At one point, Walmart’s written policy stated, “If you suspect fraud, [Keep reading]

Social media companies ‘have revealed themselves to be soulless’ … but there’s #SoulfulWork in cybersecurity

June 27, 2022 Bob Sullivan 0

Bryan Palma, CEO of cybersecurity company Trellix, spoke recently at the biggest cybersecurity conference in the world, the RSA conference, and issued quite the call to action. Social media companies are soulless, he said. Tech workers who want to find more meaning in their work…well, there’s plenty of work to [Keep reading]

A million appeals for justice, and 14 cases overturned — Facebook Oversight Board off to a slow start

June 23, 2022 Bob Sullivan 1

A million appeals for justice, and 14 reversals.  That’s the scorecard from the Facebook Oversight Board’s first annual report, released this week. The creative project has plenty going for it, and I think some future oversight board can benefit greatly from the experience of this experiment, launched by Facebook parent [Keep reading]

NYT takes on Zelle again; lawsuit alleges ‘secret’ bank policy to deny fraud claims

June 20, 2022 Bob Sullivan 2

A class-action lawsuit claims Zelle consumers hit by fraud are up against a “secret” bank policy to deny consumer dispute rights, even when the victimized account holders are entitled to Regulation E protections.  Given the details shared in a New York Times story published today, and the pile of examples [Keep reading]

Tim Hortons tracked when customers went to Starbucks … and much more. Lessons for U.S. privacy law

June 13, 2022 Bob Sullivan 2

How many sugars do you want with that coffee? And how much surveillance? If you were “cheating” on your favorite coffee shop with a different one, would you mind if an app told on you? Earlier this month, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner found that the Tim Hortons chain violated the law [Keep reading]

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