Why the FTC is Taking a New Look at Facebook Privacy
After a yearlong string of news reports that have called Facebook’s data-sharing practices into question, federal regulators are taking a […]
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Airport Surveillance Takes Off in a New, Dangerous Direction
In 2018, we learned that expanded biometric surveillance is coming to an airport near you. This includes face recognition, iris […]
Agreement on Proposal for Cybersecurity Act
The European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached an agreement earlier this month regarding […]
New FPF Study Documents More Than 150 European Companies Participating in the EU-US Data Transfer Mechanism
Week ago the European Commission published its second annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, finding that “the U.S. continues […]
Data Protection Regulation “to show its teeth” in 2019
As we move into 2019, it’s clear that firms globally will be doing more to catch up with the legislation […]
How one hacked laptop led to an entire network being compromised
A corporate laptop being used in a coffee shop at a weekend was enough to allow a sophisticated cybercrime group […]
Data breach whistle-blowers rise after GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation has given people the courage to notify the authorities on any data breaches that otherwise may […]
Iranian phishers bypass 2fa protections offered by Yahoo Mail and Gmail
A recent phishing campaign targeting US government officials, activists, and journalists is notable for using a technique that allowed the […]
Google Chrome update will stop websites hijacking your browser back button
Google is updating its Chrome browser to cut down on the increasingly popular practice of hijacking the ‘back’ button on […]
US told to appoint a damn Privacy Shield ombudsperson already or EU will take action
The European Commission’s second annual review of the Privacy Shield agreement made similar noises to last year’s, concluding the deal […]
Here’s what Facebook knows about you
Facebook’s data collection, and the sharing of it with other firms, continues to be a source of controversy. A new […]
Facebook tries to explain why companies could erase your messages
“In the past day, we’ve been accused of disclosing people’s private messages to partners without their knowledge,” Ime Archibong, Facebook’s […]