Your private data is quietly leaking online, thanks to a basic web security error


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 13 Nov 2018

Windows keeps track of the amount of data moving through the computer's network interfaces – in other words, how much you've been downloading and uploading. — dpa

Six months ago, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, took effect, threatening companies worldwide with massive fines if they didn’t look after customer data properly. Fresh research suggests it’s making a difference in Europe – but not so much for US web users. 

The personal information of American charity donors, political party supporters, and online shoppers, has continued to quietly leak onto the Internet as a result of poor website security practices, new research shows. As many as one in five e-commerce sites in the US are still leaving their customers exposed, Philadelphia-based search marketing company Seer Interactive said Monday. 

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