Philippines: “No Calls, No Text Registration” bill gets a boost
The House committee on information and communications technology, chaired by Rep. Victor Yap has approved a substitute bill, seeking the […]
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Proper data protection guidelines finally arrived in China!
On 29 December 2017, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee released, arguably, one of the most important national standards […]
Singapore’s DPA releases data anonymisation guide
The PDPC has published a new guide that gives a general introduction to the technical aspects of anonymisation. The guide […]
Trump administration wants larger role in shaping international data laws
A Trump administration official says laws being put in place are leading to a “balkanization” of the internet. Source: Trump […]
New UK data protection rules are a cynical attack on immigrants
Non-nationals in the UK will lose data rights in a discriminatory move that worries the European parliament, says Claude Moraes, […]
Brazilian General Bill on the Protection of Personal Data
Brazil does not yet have a general data protection law that can be applied transversally to every sector of the […]
U.K. Breached EU Law With Internet Spying, Court Rules
Part of the British government’s historic mass interception of emails, text messages and other forms of communication breached European Union […]
The Latest Data Privacy Debacle
The saga of Strava, an app that inadvertently revealed the locations of military personnel, is the latest sign that we […]
Are GDPR Guidelines Becoming Too Complex?
Last December the European Union’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party issued draft guidance relating to two key aspects of […]
Many businesses still using outdated security
Too many businesses are using out-of-date approaches to security, a world-renowned cyber security author and trainer warns. Source: Many businesses […]
Ransomware crooks test a new way to spread their malware
A new form of ransomware has emerged which is, unusually, being distributed by two separate exploit kits – one of […]
Attack Targets Automatic Speech Recognition Systems
Research demonstrates the possibility of using slight distortions to trick speech recognition neural nets into hearing spoofed messages. Source: Attack […]