Privacy campaigners criticise UK plan for age checks on porn websites
Privacy and free speech campaigners have criticised the government’s plans to force pornography websites to use age checks or face […]
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Apple’s Dangerous Market Grab in China
Responding to to China’s new cybersecurity regulations that require companies keep citizens’ data within the country’s borders Apple is opening a […]
Newcastle City Council suffers adoption data leak
An unintended email attachment that includes names of current and former adoptees, parents and social workers was sent to 77 recipients as […]
Future of cloud-related opportunities discussed
On June 29, the European Commission hosted the Digital Single Market Cloud Stakeholder Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to […]
Spain creates DPO certification scheme
20 July 2017 The Spanish data protection authority announced, on 13 July 2017, that it had instituted a data protection […]
LIBE submits more than 800 amendments to ePrivacy Regulation
Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee have submitted more than 800 amendments to the ePrivacy Regulation. Source: LIBE […]
Russia Says in Talks With U.S. to Create Cyber Security Working Group
Moscow and Washington are in talks to create a joint cyber security working group, RIA news agency reported on Thursday, […]
Evidon Launches Consent Platform As The Clock Ticks Down On GDPR
Evidon rolled out a platform to help companies comply with the consent requirements of GDPR, which go into effect next […]
Yes, Canada could lose its adequacy standing
In the June 27, 2017, issue of The Privacy Advisor, Ryan Chiavetta, wrote an excellent and highly relevant article entitled […]
LinkedIn reveals your personal email to your connections
LinkedIn makes the primary email address associated with an account visible to all direct connections, as well as to people […]
NetApp warns privacy is not synonymous with security
The California-based storage and data management company said it’s important for organisations to draw distinctions between security and privacy, as […]
Even teenagers are creeped out by Snapchat’s new map feature
The real purpose of Snap Map may be to prove to your contacts that you are indeed social. Source: Even […]