EasyJet announces cybersecurity incident affecting 9 million clients
EasyJet announced that it had been “the target of a cybersecurity attack from a highly sophisticated source”. EasyJet stated that […]
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Germany′s data chief tells ministries WhatsApp is a no-go
Germany’s data privacy chief has told federal bodies not to use WhatsApp, amid concerns that it feeds Facebook with data. […]
CJEU to Deliver Judgement on Validity of Standard Contractual Clauses on July 16, 2020
The Court of Justice of the European Union has announced via its Twitter feed that it will deliver its judgement […]
Senate Votes to Allow FBI to Look at Your Web Browsing History Without a Warrant
The government just got even more power to spy on your internet habits as millions remain quarantined at home. The […]
Health officials think Apple and Google virus-tracking apps will be useless
Apple and Google’s last month announced of a joint effort to track the coronavirus. But as the tech giants have […]
Democrats introduce bill to protect data collected in coronavirus pandemic
Democratic lawmakers from both chambers yesterday introduced legislation to place limits on how tech companies and public health agencies use […]
Big privacy and data security concerns as India forces coronavirus tracing app on millions
Privacy and legal experts raise red flags as many are forced to download an app one politician calls a “sophisticated […]
‘Serious risk’ EU will fail to protect UK citizens, says UK gov
The British government has said there is “a serious risk” that the European Union will fail to meet its duties […]
Questions remain over whether data collected by Covidsafe app could be accessed by US law enforcement
The federal government has reassured the public that Covidsafe data held by Amazon will not be able to be accessed […]
Multi-part Android spyware lurked on Google Play Store for 4 years, posing as a bunch of legit-looking apps
A newly uncovered strain of Android spyware lurked on the Google Play Store disguised as cryptocurrency wallet Coinbase, among other […]
No need to mourn the death of the third-party cookie
Amid the whirlwinds of the industry’s response, it’s become abundantly clear that the demise of the cookie is probably a […]
Austrian ministry could face GDPR penalty after publishing personal data online
Austrians’ personal data has been publicly accessible on the Ministry of Economy’s website since 2009. One could simply go to […]