The hidden threat in GDPR’s encryption push
Organisations are, quite rightly, increasingly deploying encryption solutions to secure their data, particularly since the introduction of GDPR. Encryption is […]
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Cambridge Analytica’s parent pleads guilty to breaking UK data law
Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, SCL Elections, has been fined £15,000 in a UK court after pleading guilty to failing to […]
Austrian DPA Issues Decision on Validity of Cookie Consent Solution
On November 30, 2018, the Austrian Data Protection Authority published a decision in response to a complaint received from an […]
Mozilla Head Predicts Increased GDPR Enforcement in 2019
Senior Policy Manager and EU Principal for Mozilla, a company know for its stance on privacy and open internet, Raegan […]
DuckDuckGo denies using fingerprinting to track its users
Responding to a forum post that accused it of “fingerprinting users”, privacy-centric search engine DuckDuckGo says that fears are unfounded […]
Altogether, more than 1 billion people had their data compromised in 2018
From credit card skimming to technology bugs to massive outright hacks, 2018 was one of if not the worst year […]
NSA will open source a tool for malware disassembly and reverse engineering
Dubbed GHIDRA, the tool will allow folks au fait with cyber security to pick apart binaries for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, […]
The UK will have to renegotiate data protection relationships with EEA countries
UK government says that at the end of the transitional period, the EEA agreement will no longer be applicable and […]
2-factor authentication may be hackable, expert says
Cybersecurity professionals have advised enabling two-factor to add an extra layer of security — but according to at least one […]
Irish Data Protection Commission Spokesperson Warns Agency will ‘Use Full Powers’ in 2019
A spokesperson for the Irish Data protection Commission (DPC) recently revealed in an interview that his organisation will be applying […]
Artificial Intelligence Can Now Explain Its Own Decision-Making
IBM’s new open-source AI Fairness 360 toolkit may allow researchers and enterprise AI architects to increase the transparency of “black […]
WhatsApp working on thumbprint authentication for chats
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a fingerprint authentication feature to protect its users’ chats from being seen by others. […]