On building an internet of safe and useful things
With the booming market for voice-controlled virtual personal assistant devices like Google’s Home and Amazon’s Echo, and warnings from the […]
GDPR News
Researchers develop data-portability recommendations for the cloud
The upcoming European General Data Protection Regulation enhances the existing individual rights by creating a new right to data portability. […]
Does Control of ‘Big Data’ Kill Competition?
The European Union’s competition chief is zeroing in on how companies use so-called big data, or enormous computer files of […]
Why the EU’s call to remove crypto-tech from dual-use export controls is encouraging
EU is set to offer new challenges to keep us engaged throughout the year. Technology companies in particular should take […]
Personal data of a billion Indians sold online for £6
The personal information of more than a billion Indians stored in the world’s largest biometric database can be bought online […]
The criminals are moving towards privacy coins
Bitcoin is losing its luster with some of its earliest and most avid fans — criminals — giving rise to […]
The 12 biggest hacks, breaches, and security threats of 2017
Security issues took a turn for the serious in 2017. This time around we still suffered the password breaches, malware […]
The top five contested issues in the EU’s developing ePrivacy Regulation
Many voices and perspectives from consumer groups to industry associations to regulators have weighed in on the terms of the […]
11 top tools to assess, implement, and maintain GDPR compliance
Running behind on meeting the EU’s new GDPR privacy rules? These tools can help you meet the requirements and stay […]
Consent under the GDPR and the Swiss law
The Swiss and EU data protection landscape is going to change fundamentally. What are the requirements relating to the consent […]
Blockchain And Privacy
Discussions about “blockchain” technology seem to be everywhere these days, with potential applications spanning industries as diverse as banking, healthcare, […]
How Antivirus Software Can Be Turned Into a Tool for Spying
Government officials warn that software from Kaspersky Lab could be subverted by Russian intelligence. A security researcher shows how it […]