Russian cyber threat pushes UK to sign world’s largest digital security pact
Theresa May will strengthen the UK’s digital defences through a £15m online security pact with Commonwealth allies amid warnings over the growing threat […]
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Senators introduce privacy “bill of rights” to protect consumer data
The CONSENT Act would require edge providers to comply with FTC-regulated data protection rules. Earlier this month, U.S. senators Edward […]
Ethics Education in Data Science
Data scientists in academia and industry are increasingly recognizing the importance of integrating ethics into data science curricula. Recently, a […]
75% of consumers won’t buy your product if they don’t trust you to protect their data
More than three quarters of US consumers now say that a company’s ability to keep their data private is ‘extremely […]
Far more than 87m Facebook users had data compromised
Far more than 87 million people may have had their Facebook data harvested by Cambridge Analytica, according to evidence from […]
EU to force tech firms to hand over terror suspects’ messages
The European commission is seeking to force technology companies wherever they are based in the EU to hand over emails, […]
Advisory group releases IoT safety and design risk toolkit
Hundreds of initiatives have been launched over the past several years to tackle the issue of internet-of-things security in the […]
Take Action to Close the Largest Cause of Data Security Incidents – Your Employees
If you work at a typical company, employee actions and inadvertent present the greatest threat to the security of your […]
GDPR Privacy Policy Fail: Only 34% of EU Sites Compliant
Just a third of websites in the EU and even fewer in the UK have their privacy policy in order […]
Facebook admits tracking users and non-users off-site
Statement comes as company faces US lawsuit over facial recognition feature launched in 2011 and planned to expand to EU. […]
Google is testing self-destructing emails in new Gmail
Google is working on a brand new design for the web version of Gmail. You can configure the expiration date […]
Democrats plan to push privacy rules after Facebook hearings
House Democrats plan to use this week’s Facebook hearings as the starting point for an aggressive push for privacy legislation, […]