Facebook Promises Encrypted Messaging, but You Don’t Need to Wait
Facebook Messenger may offer end-to-end encryption, eventually, but Facebook can still use the service to collect your data. And you […]
GDPR News
e-Privacy breaches can rise GDPR fines
Businesses face higher fines if their processing of personal data is found to breach both the General Data Protection Regulation […]
Google adds DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine Option
Google recently released version 73 of its Chrome browser that now includes pro-privacy search engine options like the popular DuckDuckGo. […]
Year 1 of GDPR: Over 200,000 cases reported, firms fined €56 meeelli… Oh, that’s mostly Google
European data protection agencies have issued fines totalling €56m for GDPR breaches since it was enforced last May, from more […]
How Cambridge Analytica Sparked the Great Privacy Awakening
Cambridge Analytica had purchased Facebook data on tens of millions of Americans without their knowledge to build a “psychological warfare […]
Chrome will soon make it harder for websites to spy on you
A new feature coming to Chrome in the near future will allow users to limit the kind of data certain […]
Facial recognition: Apple, Amazon, Google and the race for your face
Facial recognition is a blossoming field of technology that is at once exciting and problematic. If you’ve ever unlocked your […]
A Regulatory Tsunami Is Coming: Are You Prepared?
Compliance will be an increasingly challenging business issue in 2019. Consider the ‘Office of Compliance’ that Xerox already has to […]
Look Past GDPR Into Data Privacy Rules of US
While all 50 states have breach notification laws in place where you must be notified if your data is stolen […]
EDPB clarifies the interaction between the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) met for their eighth plenary session on 12 and 13 March 2019. On the […]
DNA Testing Company Will Allow Customers to Opt Out of sharing data with FBI
FamilyTreeDNA drew heat from privacy advocates after it was revealed that the company let the FBI access its database. The […]
Privacy essential to innovation and prosperity
Privacy, innovation and prosperity go hand-in-hand. However, the underlying foundation of them all is freedom. But let us begin by exploring […]