Government requests for Facebook user data continue to increase worldwide
Facebook continues to see increased requests for user data from governments worldwide, according to its latest transparency report. The social […]
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Tanzania: Personal Data Protection Law On Horizon
The government is in the process of drafting a personal data protection law that it says wasn’t intended to curb […]
No tracking, no revenue: Apple’s privacy feature costs ad companies millions
Internet advertising firms are losing hundreds of millions of dollars following the introduction of a new privacy feature from Apple […]
How Meltdown and Spectre Were Independently Discovered By Four Research Teams At Once
The uncanny coincidences among the Meltdown and Spectre discoveries raise questions about “bug collisions”—and the safety of the NSA’s hidden […]
Hacked and hacked off: without change this new data law will fail victims
The data protection bill must be amended so independent organisations acting in the public interest can help consumers to get […]
Ex-employee denied access to his 12,000 work emails
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner decided that work emails belong to employer, though at the same time acknowledging that emails generated in […]
Tech companies can barely keep up huge security flaws
Security experts scrambled on Friday to try to reassure computer users worldwide that a newly discovered type of security flaw […]
Why we need to stop using personally identifiable information as a form of access
Last year over 2.2 billion personal records were hacked. In 2018 expect data firms to move away from using identifiers […]
2018 global legislative predictions in privacy
Taking a look at the activities of 2017, it’s clear that the coming year will see lots of movement on […]
How to Assess a Vendor’s Data Security
Perhaps you’re an office manager tasked with setting up a new email system for your nonprofit, or maybe you’re a […]
Recent Trends, Future Predictions, and Effective Risk Assessments
Risk assessments are a fundamental part of any organization’s risk management process. But many organizations still do not incorporate true […]
FTC settles case on connected toys
Electronic toy manufacturer VTech Electronics Limited and its U.S. subsidiary have agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission […]