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This Week in Data Breaches: Equifax Fines, Facebook “Look Up”, and More

From regulators seeking monetary damages from Equifax to Facebook once again invading user privacy, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.

Introducing Bloom for Android: Take Control of Your Credit and Identity

Today, we are excited to announce that the Bloom Android App is now LIVE on the Google Play Store!

Built on Bloom: DOXA Uses Bloom to Build a More Efficient Lottery System

Bloom has been the leading protocol for innovative uses for dapps, from decentralized identity, to lending, to digital commerce. Last month, we had an incredible time at the ETHDenver #BUIDLATHON and awarded $2,500 in total prizes to the best projects integrating Bloom.

Built on Bloom: UpTown Empowers Residents Affected by Rising Living Costs with BloomID

Bloom continues to be the go-to protocol for all kinds of innovative uses for dapps, from identity, to lending, to digital commerce. We had an incredible time participating in the ETHDenver #BUIDLATHON and awarded $2,500 in total prizes to the best projects integrating Bloom.

Major Milestone: 250,000+ BloomIDs Created

We are happy to announce that over a quarter million people have now created a BloomID, taking back control of how their data is stored and shared amid rapidly growing concerns about the massive collection, misuse, and unauthorized sale of their personal data.

Built on Bloom: Wel-fair Reduces Wealth Inequality with BloomID

ETHDenver was a smashing success, with multiple dapps being built on Bloom. Along with meeting wonderful teams building on the protocol, Bloom’s Jesse Leimgruber and Isaac Patka presented on the main stage to a warm reception with significant developer interest.

This Week in Data Breaches: Collection of 841M Stolen Records For Sale Online

From a new collection of more than 840 million stolen records being sold on the dark web to a potential multibillion-dollar fine for Facebook looming on the horizon, here we round up the latest in data news.

BERD Report: Wealth Inequality in the Twenty-First Century

Wealth inequality has reached staggering heights, levels of inegalitarian ownership not seen since the eve of World War I. Since the 1980s, there has been an extreme divergence across wealth distributions within developed countries.

This Week in Data Breaches: 2.2 Billion Records Exposed in Largest Data Leak Ever

From the release of the largest collection of stolen usernames and passwords ever to a new report detailing more than 59,000 data breach disclosures under the EU's GDPR, here we round up the latest in data news.