Using Wi-Fi to “see” behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought
With nothing but a smartphone and some clever computation, researchers can exploit ambient signals to track individuals in their own […]
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US to Help Define New International Standard for Consumer Privacy by Design
Defining international standards for privacy is critical for the future of global commerce. To support this cause, many of America’s […]
GDPR Has Uneven Ad Tracking Impact
Smaller ad trackers lost somewhere between 18% and 31% of their reach, according to new research. Facebook had a decline […]
Data Breaches Compromised 4.5 Billion Records in First Half of 2018
Gemalto released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, a global database of public data breaches, revealing 945 data […]
Australian bill spells trouble for data privacy around the world
ech companies, start-ups and digital consumer rights groups has locked horns with the Australian government over its proposed anti-data encryption […]
Neighbors Take Tate Modern to Court Over Privacy
The 10-floor viewing terrace of the Tate Modern art gallery in London has a 360-degree view of the city, including […]
Will Google+ be the final push US Congress needs to pass restrictions on data use?
Congress held a hearing a few weeks ago in response to news that Google kept secret a flaw that exposed […]
What does the newly signed ‘Convention 108+’ mean for UK adequacy?
The Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108) […]
GDPR: companies should look beyond passwords, says ICO
Online service providers should consider alternatives to passwords to keep their systems secure and meet their obligations under data protection […]
GDPR in Numbers
The numbers show that the GDPR – with only five months since its entry into effect – is not merely […]
Dangerous loophole to the GDPR in the ePrivacy proposal
Is tracking an essential element of every internet service financed by ads? By allowing service providers to install advertising cookies […]
The road to GDPR certifications won’t be a short one
The EU General Data Protection Regulation has been in effect for five months, and yet there has not been much […]