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Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union, says a now-fired employee leaked personal data of ~2.9M members without authorization, including full names (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Desjardins, Canada’s largest credit union, says a now-fired employee leaked personal data of ~2.9M members without authorization, including full names  —  Data for 2.9 million bank members was taken from the bank’s system by a now-fired employee.  —  Today, Desjardins, Canada’s largest credit union … Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union, says

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Swvl, a two-year-old Cairo-based startup that makes an app for booking buses, raises $42M, bringing its total raised to ~$80M (MENAbytes)

MENAbytes: Swvl, a two-year-old Cairo-based startup that makes an app for booking buses, raises $42M, bringing its total raised to ~$80M  —  Share2K  —  2K Shares  —  Cairo-based transportation startup Swvl has raised $42 million in fresh funds (Series B-2), the startup announced in a statement to MENAbytes. Swvl, a two-year-old Cairo-based startup that makes

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In a report, the ICO, UK's data protection regulator, says the real time bidding ad industry is undermining GDPR and failing to protect sensitive personal data (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: In a report, the ICO, UK’s data protection regulator, says the real time bidding ad industry is undermining GDPR and failing to protect sensitive personal data  —  The online behavioural advertising industry is illegally profiling Internet users.  —  That’s the damning assessment … In a report, the ICO, UK's data protection

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Jezebel Everything I Learned While Getting Kicked out of America’s Biggest Anti-Vaccine Conference |

Jezebel Everything I Learned While Getting Kicked out of America’s Biggest Anti-Vaccine Conference | Deadspin KawhiWatch: Kawhi Leonard Definitely Packing Up For Los Angeles | The Root Alabama Quietly Passes Law Allowing Church With History of Racism and Homophobia to Form Its Own Police Force | Splinter The View… Read more… Jezebel Everything I Learned While Getting Kicked out of

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Pew survey of US adults: 66% say social networks should police offensive content but 69% have little to no confidence they will correctly identify such content (Hamza Shaban/Washington Post)

Hamza Shaban / Washington Post: Pew survey of US adults: 66% say social networks should police offensive content but 69% have little to no confidence they will correctly identify such content  —  Most Americans believe social media companies have a responsibility to remove offensive content from their platforms. Pew survey of US adults: 66% say

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