Research reveals that most websites are not compliant with GDPR and ePrivacy Directive
Research has found that only 11.8% of consent management platforms (CMPs) meet the minimal requirements under GDPR and Europe’s eDirective […]
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Cookie consent tools are being used to undermine EU privacy rules
Most cookie consent pop-ups served to internet users in the European Union — ostensibly seeking permission to track people’s web […]
The 5 Biggest Cybersecurity Trends In 2020 Everyone Should Know About
More and more of our vital infrastructure is coming online and vulnerable to digital attacks, data breaches involving the leak […]
Exploit Fully Breaks SHA-1 encryption
Users of GnuPG, OpenSSL and Git could be in danger from an attack that’s practical for ordinary attackers to carry […]
Will online privacy make a comeback in 2020?
Last year was a landmark for online privacy in many ways, with something of a consensus emerging that consumers deserve […]
Lawmakers push bipartisan update to children’s online privacy law
House lawmakers are introducing a bipartisan bill Thursday to update a long-standing children’s online privacy law so that parents could […]
UK looks to replace passwords with biometric technology to reduce NHS login time
The U.K. government is investing £40 million (USD$52 million) in multi-factor authentication technology to upgrade NHS staff computer login system […]
Retailer fined half a million pounds for data breach of at least 14 million people
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG) £500,000 after a ‘point of sale’ computer system was […]
Dutch Court Decides on Scope of GDPR Right of Access
In late December 2019, the Court of The Hague (Netherlands) published a preliminary reference procedure (see here , in Dutch). The […]
State Legislatures Are Off to the Privacy Races
New Hampshire legislators introduced new data privacy legislation, New Hampshire House Bill 1680. The legislation is similar to the California […]
EU Parliament debates if California could be considered ‘adequate’
Members of the Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs discussed in depth the European Commission’s report, issued […]
Study finds consumers would choose biometric authentication over passwords
Passwords are a double-edged sword: they are meant to protect information, but they are also frustrating with so many to […]