Is “I forget” a valid defense when court orders demand a smartphone password?
The answer seems to be yes and no. But one suspect on Tuesday gets 180 days jail. Source: Is “I […]
GDPR News
Ransomware-as-a-service schemes are now targeting Macs too
While most desktop ransomware targets Windows, simply because it is the most widely used operating system, some ransomware has also […]
Belgian DPA Issues Recommendation on DPO Appointment under GDPR
Recently, the Belgian Privacy Commission (the “Belgian DPA”) released a Recommendation (in French and Dutch) regarding the requirement to appoint […]
Identity theft can be thwarted by artificial intelligence analysis of a user’s mouse movements
A machine-learning algorithm could spot liars in 95% of cases. Source: Identity theft can be thwarted by artificial intelligence analysis […]
How Big Data Mines Personal Info to Craft Fake News and Manipulate Voters
Political operatives used fake news, Big Data and Facebook to suppress the vote and rile up racists in 2016. It’s […]
ING Belgium Sees Opportunities for ‘Secret’ Sharing of Encrypted Data
Johan Smessaert, head of IT platform services at ING Belgium, tells CIO Journal that the technology would give the bank […]
Judge questions lawyers for US government over non-compliance with data restrictions
Issues around collection of personal data from EU-US data transfers at heart of case. Source: Judge questions lawyers for US […]
Body cameras are key for police accountability. We can’t let them erode privacy rights.
Police body cameras give possibility to better investigate police incidents. However, they pose also privacy issues. Source: Body cameras are […]
EU could give police direct access to cloud data in wake of terror attacks
Described as an ‘extraordinary measure for extraordinary threats’, direct data access is one of three proposals to speed up investigations. […]
Spanish court rules doping tests don’t violate privacy
Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled against an appeal by runner Marta Dominguez which claimed that blood-doping tests had violated her […]
Survey: 61 percent of companies have not started GDPR implementation
Is your company getting ready for the General Data Protection Regulation? If so, it might be in the minority. That’s […]
Homomorphic Encryption Signals the Future for Socially Valuable Research on Private Data
Encryption has become a cornerstone of the technologies that support communication, commerce, banking, and myriad other essential activities in today’s […]