ICO: businesses falling short on GDPR accountability
Businesses are falling short of meeting the General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR’s) accountability requirements, the UK’s information commissioner has said. […]
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Can Facebook Ever Be Fixed?
From many scandals in 2018 to an actual spyware app the company paid users to download to downright disastrous security […]
Your Data Might Be Safe in the Cloud But What Happens When It Leaves the Cloud?
Cloud service providers can successfully protect data physically and technologically while it is in the cloud, but that information can […]
Your social media activity and your credit score
Banks and credit agencies have started coming up with creative ways of assessing risk of “unbanked” or “credit invisible” people. […]
Council of Europe issues recommendation on health-related data
On March 28, 2019, the Council of Europe issued a new Recommendation on the protection of health-related data. The Recommendation […]
UK businesses using artificial intelligence to monitor staff activity
Unions warn systems such as Isaak may increase pressure on workers and cause distrust Dozens of UK business owners are […]
GDPR has driven improved cyber resilience
The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has made more UK businesses more resilient to cyber risk, the […]
Why facial recognition’s racial bias problem is so hard to crack
Nearly 40 percent of the false matches by Amazon’s facial recognition tool, which is being used by police, involved people […]
HTTPS Isn’t Always as Secure as It Seems
A surprising number of high-traffic sites have TLS vulnerabilities that are subtle enough for the green padlock to still appear. […]
A.I. Experts Question Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Technology
At least 25 prominent researchers are calling on the company to stop selling the technology to law enforcement agencies, citing […]
The Latest Big Data Breach Should Make You Rethink How You Pay For Everything
The restaurant group Earl Enterprises confirmed that over two million credit cards were compromised in a breach affecting diners at […]
Inquiry launched into data use from no-deal Brexit ads on Facebook
The information commissioner’s office will use its legal powers to obtain information from Facebook about a secretive network of pro-Brexit […]