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Spill, with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending Feb 17th., 2026
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This week's update spills on a global scale. We start with...
A single misconfigured database just turned 8.7 billion Chinese records into a global reminder that at planetary scale, data protection failures stop being “incidents” and start looking like infrastructure risks.
A new class action against Lenovo puts a spotlight on how invisible trackers and cross-border data flows can turn an ordinary website visit into a quiet export of American browsing habits to China.
When Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Tiffany rack up multimillion-dollar privacy fines in South Korea, it sends a clear…
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