Privacy rules to create jobs
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says e-privacy reforms open up new job opportunities for small businesses in Europe […]
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Survey of data security requirements in multistate breach settlements
Businesses that operate across state lines must comply with multiple state consumer protection statutes. Often these statutes include prohibitions against […]
The European Commission’s Privacy Shield Review Summarized
The European Commission, in its first review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, has determined that the U.S. is in […]
EU privacy regulators increase pressure on WhatsApp over data sharing
EU privacy regulators rapped WhatsApp on the knuckles for not resolving concerns over the service’s sharing of user data with […]
Government reiterates plans for EU-UK data flows post-Brexit
The UK government has reiterated its plans to establish an agreement with the remainder of the EU member states that […]
Should companies be able to ‘hack back’?
Hacking is pervasive and a source of anxiety for nearly every company. Hacked companies facing financial and reputational harm, and […]
Lessons learned from WP29’s letter to WhatsApp
The Article 29 Working Party, a collection of EU-based data protection authorities, has written a public letter to WhatsApp CEO […]
Assessing the threat the IoT botnet poses to the Internet
Whatever the threat posed by the new IoT botnet, a worse one has lurked for months. Source: Assessing the threat […]
This store with nothing for sale wants to help you take control of your online privacy
Mozilla and Tactical Tech, the organisers of The Glass Room, call it “a tech store with a twist”, and its […]
New Ransomware ‘Bad Rabbit’ Spreading Quickly Through Russia and Ukraine
There’s a potentially massive new ransomware spreading in Eastern Europe. The malware, dubbed Bad Rabbit, has hit three Russian media outlets, […]
Equifax hack being probed by UK’s financial watchdog
The fallout from the massive Equifax hack, publicly disclosed last month, continues: Today the UK’s financial watchdog said it also […]
WhatsApp faces EU taskforce over sharing user data with Facebook
Article 29 Working Party steps up action over user consent and privacy following Facebook’s failure to address breaches of EU […]