What Europe’s Tough New Data Law Means for You, and the Internet
The European Union is introducing some of the strictest online privacy rules in the world. The changes aim to give […]
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India to introduce new data protection law soon
A new law on data privacy and protection will be brought into place, Union Law Minster Ravi Shankar Prasad has […]
Privacy experts: GDPR will help consumers indirectly
The European Union’s new privacy protection rules are being described as a game-changing new standard that’s already being felt in […]
Extent of how Canadians’ online data used ‘very surprising,’ MP says
A member of the parliament’s standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics says he and his colleagues “didn’t […]
Criminals use GDPR to scam Airbnb customers
Innocent people are being targeted with convincing phishing emails as company’s check they’re complying with privacy laws. According to security […]
NSA Spied On 534 Million US Calls In 2017
The NSA collected “call detail records” from over 500 million Americans’ phone calls in 2017, over three times the number […]
Ethically Scraping and Accessing Data: Governments Desperately Seeking Data
As cities get smarter, their appetite and access to information is also increasing. The rise of data-generating technologies has given […]
Facebook to introduce Clear History privacy tool in coming months
It’s like clearing your web browser history, but this time for Facebook’s wealth of data on your interactions. Facebook has […]
When Online Dating Met Facebook
At this week’s Facebook Developer Conference, or F8, the social network company announced that it will begin introducing online dating […]
How the internet tricks you out of privacy using ‘dark patterns’ of design
Deceptive design nudges, tricks and goads you into sharing more than you might intend to online — when you think […]
NIST challenge targets better de-identification techniques for public data
One barrier to opening up valuable government datasets is making sure that all necessary personally identifiable information (PII) is removed beforehand — a […]
The True Global Effect of the GDPR
“European data protection rules will become a trademark people recognise and trust worldwide”. That is how, in January 2012, Viviane […]