1B identity records exposed in ID verification data leak

KYC = Kill Your Customer.

What did measures like gdpr ever achieve except for making me click a cookie prompt away.

Almost a month old, original source: https://cybernews.com/security/global-data-leak-exposes-bill...

and I've never seen any confirmation elsewhere

Looks like CyberNews have edited the article with more info since first I saw it, it used to look quite suspicious and untrustworthy, it now has more info. Still doesn't say exactly what a record is, or how many uniques there are.

Right to be forgotten - you can ask companies to delete data they hold on you.

Data ownership/portability : you can ask companies for a copy of all data they hold on you or related to you.

I’ve seen the latter used by job applicants to get an entire copy of their interviews, transcripts and assessments including the reason for not being hired.

In the UK open banking was essentially a response to GDPR this has allowed (to a limited extent) a variety of tools to be built on top of bank accounts that others would not have been.