2 h. ago Thousands of users’ personal data — including their IDs — were leaked from a popular male revenge dating app

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

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3 h. ago Thousands of users’ personal data — like their IDs — were leaked from a popular male revenge dating app

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

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3 h. ago Judge orders RFK Jr.'s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officials

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop sharing personal data of Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials

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18 h. ago Why you might want to think twice before using a period tracking app

Millions of women are using digital platforms to make sense of their menstrual cycles, without necessarily thinking about the implications for their personal data. Katie Rosseinsky speaks to the experts about the risks, and hears from women who’ve quit the apps

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3 w. ago Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live

Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’Good morning and welcome to our coverage of UK politics. We’re now in recess but we’ll still be bringing you all the news from across the country including continued reaction to the suspension of Diane Abbott.This morning, a minister has denied the veteran MP’s assertion that “it is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out”.That’s absolutely not the case.What’s happened is Diane has made some comments which come on the back of previous comments which she made and for which she apologised some time ago.The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data leak that resulted in thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK.The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system.Labour significantly outspent the Conservatives...

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4 w. ago Ice given access to Medicaid data in move critics call a privacy betrayal

Officials let Ice access health data to locate migrants, alarming experts who warn of civil rights and health risksMedicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to allow agents to examine a database of Americans’ personal information – including home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities.The data sharing agreement will allow Ice to find “the location of aliens”, according to an agreement obtained by the Associated Press. Medicaid is the nation’s single largest health insurer, providing coverage for 79 million low-income, disabled and elderly people. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago MI6 operatives and UK special forces named in leaked Afghan database

Personal data of British officials was recorded in case notes of Afghans they were sponsoring for relocation to UK

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4 w. ago Voices: We’re all owed an apology for the disastrous MoD data leak

Defiant politicians like Ben Wallace need to stop trying to wriggle out of the events that led to a superinjunction, writes Sean O'Grady – and own up to what led to this catastrophe

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last month Defence Secretary offers ‘sincere apology’ for leak of Afghans’ personal data

Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge also apologised on behalf of the former Conservative government, who were in power when the leak occurred.

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last month Afghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the Afghanistan Response Route?

We would like to hear from Afghans who have arrived or are due to arrive in the UK under the Afghanistan Response RouteThousands of Afghans have been relocated to the UK under a secret government scheme following a data leak.Personal information about more than 33,000 Afghans seeking relocation to the UK after the Taliban takeover was released in error by a defence official. Fears that the individuals named would be at risk from reprisals from the Taliban led the last government to set up a secret relocation scheme, the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR), involving 20,000 people. Continue reading...

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last month MoD data breach latest: MPs vow to investigate Afghan leak ‘mess’ after defence secretary apologises

An unprecedented gagging order prevented details of the government breach being revealed for more than 600 days

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last month Defence secretary issues apology over MoD data breach which put thousands of lives at risk

Defence secretary John Healey has offered a "sincere apology” following a data breach that put the lives of nearly 100,000 Afghans at risk of being killed by the Taliban.

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last month MoD could face ‘substantial’ compensation claims over data breach, lawyer says

Sean Humber, from law firm Leigh Day, said that a data breach of thousands of Afghans’ personal information was ‘catastrophic’.

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last month Revealed: Secret scheme to relocate thousands from Afghanistan after massive personal details leak blunder

Defence Secretary John Healey offers ‘sincere apology’ for the breach which sparked a secret Afghan relocation scheme - and an unprecedented legal cover-up

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last month Thousands offered UK asylum in secret scheme after personal data of Afghans who helped British forces leaked by mistake – live

Dataset containing details of thousands of Afghans who applied for relocation to UK released ‘in error’ in 2022Helen Miller is taking over as director of the Insitute for Fiscal Studies thinktank this week, taking over from Paul Johnson, who established himself as the nation’s leading budget commentator.Budget commentary tends to focus on the Treasury’s fiscal rules, on how much “headroom” is available to Rachel Reeves (spare cash in the budget – based on spending plans and anticipated tax revenue, based on the OBR’s growth assumptions), and whether tax or spending plans need to change because the OBR’s forecasts have shifted.Labour came to office with the promise of a ‘mission-driven’ government – a commitment to long-term thinking and systemic reform. The ambition that we should be ‘raising our sights as a nation’ and finding ways to tackle the big challenges we face is the right one.Despite this, we continue to limp from fiscal event to fiscal event, obsessed with whether run of ...

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last month Thousands being relocated to UK after personal data leak of Afghans

It is part of a secret £850 million scheme.

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