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US soldier payouts refused, CodePen data privacy questioned, Welsh staff data exposed

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Three separate news items cover distinct events: the US Pentagon refusing payouts to soldiers who died in Iran due to the conflict not being officially declared a war, CodePen 2.0's data transmission practices raising privacy concerns as it sends typed content to servers before saving, and a Welsh environmental regulator accidentally exposing diversity data of 2,000 staff through a Freedom of Information blunder. AI

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US soldier payouts refused, CodePen data privacy questioned, Welsh staff data exposed

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    US refuses payout for soldiers who died in Iran 'because it isn't a war' Article URL: https://www. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202 6/09/06/pentagon-refused-payou

    US refuses payout for soldiers who died in Iran 'because it isn't a war' Article URL: https://www. telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202 6/09/06/pentagon-refused-payout-soldiers-died-in-iran-war/ Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9596955 Points: 35 # Comments: 3 http…

    LINKS telegraph.co.uk/…/pentagon-refused-payout…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type They send all typed into editor input to codepen.dev almost immediately (you would see in 1-2 sec

    Apparently CodePen 2.0 sends data to their servers as you type They send all typed into editor input to codepen.dev almost immediately (you would see in 1-2 sec after you typed your secret that it appears in respective Network/Response tab) even before one saved it. I tested this…

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Welsh environment regulator's FoI blunder exposes diversity data of 2,000 staff NRW says it has found no evidence data was misused after spreadsheet published i

    Welsh environment regulator's FoI blunder exposes diversity data of 2,000 staff NRW says it has found no evidence data was misused after spreadsheet published in error five years ago https://www. theregister.com/security/2026/ 09/07/welsh-environment-regulators-foi-blunder-expose…

    LINKS theregister.com/…/5294748

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