Zoom is under privacy scrutiny from the NY Attorney General
The NY attorney general’s office sent a letter to Zoom asking what security measures the company has put in place […]
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Justice Department audit finds widespread flaws in FBI surveillance applications
A Justice Department audit of the FBI’s use of secret surveillance warrants has found widespread problems with the law enforcement […]
GDPR ushers in civil litigation claims across the EU
The EU General Data Protection Regulation ushered in an enhanced private right of action for violations of the law, both […]
Google’s Right-to-Be-Forgotten Fine Toppled by French Court
Google won a battle over the right to be forgotten after France’s top administrative court canceled a fine of 100,000 […]
Personal details for the entire country of Georgia published online
A file containing personal information for 4,934,863 Georgians has been published on a hacker forum over the weekend. Personal information […]
Lawmakers Leave Washington Without Renewing Expired Surveillance Powers
House lawmakers left town Friday after passing a roughly $2 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package without voting to renew a […]
Attack on Home Routers Sends Users to Spoofed Sites That Push Malware
Researchers are warning that a hack of Linksys and D-Link routers is redirecting users to malicious sites posing as COVID-19 […]
Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy
Microsoft says it will no longer invest in third-party facial recognition companies following a controversy around its funding of Israeli […]
Quantum entanglement breakthrough could boost encryption, secure communications
Using quantum entanglement, a team of researchers has developed a new way to communicate via particles of light. A team […]
Dark web hosting provider hacked again – 7,600 sites down
Daniel’s Hosting (DH), the largest free web hosting provider for dark web services, has shut down today after getting hacked […]
Watchdog approves use of UK phone data to help fight coronavirus
The UK’s privacy watchdog has said the government can legally use personal data from people’s mobile phones to track and […]
What can we expect over the next nine months in cybersecurity and data privacy?
A new annual report by TÜV Rheinland, in partnership with global cybersecurity experts, studying some of the main issues that […]