Take measures to limit the risks of data theft. The Privacy Guarantor asks for this with reference to the data of about 36 million Italians, including in many cases telephone numbers and email addresses, available online following a violation of Facebook systems. The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has asked the social network to make a service immediately available that allows all Italian users to check whether their telephone number or email address has been affected by the violation.
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by Alessandro Longo
If so, in fact, the telephone number could be used for a series of illegal conduct, ranging from unwanted calls and messages to serious threats such as the so-called ‘Sim swapping’, an attack technique that allows access to the number. phone number of the rightful owner and violate certain types of online services that use the telephone number as an authentication system.
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The Guarantor warns anyone who has come into possession of personal data deriving from the violation that their possible use, even for positive purposes, is prohibited by the legislation on privacy, since such information is the result of unlawful processing.
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