#Privacy and Personal Data

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ForkLog 10 21.09.2020

Russia seeks to ban concealing website names; experts call the bill ‘strange’

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation has tabled a bill banning the use on Russian territory of encryption protocols that hide the names of the websites and pages visited.

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ForkLog 6 17.09.2020

Kazakhstan to Develop Blockchain-Based Service for Personal Data Security

Kazakhstan is developing a blockchain-based service that would let citizens monitor how their personal data is used. This was stated by Ruslan Abdikalikov, head of the Information Security Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry, per Kazinform.

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ForkLog 16 16.09.2020

Opinion: The advantages of anonymous cryptocurrencies far outweigh their risks

Monero, Zcash, Dash and Grin, focused on heightened anonymity, are used less frequently for money laundering than other cryptocurrencies and do not require additional oversight, according to staff at the law firm Perkins Coie.

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ForkLog 12 15.09.2020

Nym to pay users in Bitcoin for providing computing power to the mixnet

The privacy-focused Swiss startup Nym Technologies announced the launch of a user-rewards program and Bitcoin integration on the Liquid Network, ForkLog has learned from project representatives.

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ForkLog 26 11.09.2020

IRS announces bounty for defeating Monero privacy

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will pay a contractor $625,000 to help track transactions in the Monero cryptocurrency network, bypassing technologies that protect user anonymity.

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ForkLog 41 07.09.2020

Monero unveils Triptych algorithm to protect transaction anonymity

Last week, analytics firm CipherTrace reported the creation of a tool for monitoring Monero transactions. In response, the Monero team published a description of the new algorithmic innovation named Triptych. The development promises even greater data protection through obfuscation of the information CipherTrace uses.

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ForkLog 7 03.09.2020

CoinMetrics analysts note tepid interest in private transactions among the crypto community

Market participants show little regard for transaction privacy, despite the availability of privacy tools and private cryptocurrencies. This is according to CoinMetrics' latest report.

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ForkLog 12 02.09.2020

Opinion: Russia’s mediation in payment systems threatens transaction privacy

The public organization "Business Russia" proposed to the government to legally enshrine a rule obliging international payment systems to process Russians' transactions for purchases on foreign sites through Russian gateways. This is reported by Kommersant.

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ForkLog 43 31.08.2020

CipherTrace unveils Monero transaction-tracing tool

CipherTrace has unveiled the first-of-its-kind tool for tracing Monero (XMR) transaction flows, according to Cointelegraph.

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ForkLog 6 28.08.2020

Study: Data leaks caused by employees rise 47% in the first half of 2020

In the first six months of 2020, the number of data leaks from Russian companies caused by employees rose by almost half compared with the same period last year. This is according to a study by KROK, as Kommersant reports.

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ForkLog 36 27.08.2020

Personal data of Joom and Utair customers leaked online

The Bank of Russia’s FinCERT and the Visa payment system alerted banks to a data breach affecting 55,000 banking clients’ records, RBC reported, citing sources familiar with the situation.

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ForkLog 8 25.08.2020

Data on thousands of Bitcoin traders posted on the dark web

A hacker stole the personal data of users of the CryptoTrader.Tax service, designed for tax accounting when trading digital currencies. CoinDesk reports.

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