UK gave Google’s DeepMind access to patient data without legal basis
Google’s DeepMind AI wing was given access to the personal medical records of 1.6 million NHS patients on an “inappropriate […]
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Consumers Less Confident About Healthcare, Data Privacy, and Car Safety, New Survey Finds
Consumer Reports’ second Consumer Voices Survey finds consumers’ confidence on healthcare, data privacy, and car safety has fallen since January […]
Cybercrooks fight over DDoS attack resources
As more groups get into the denial-of-service attack business they’re starting to get in each other’s way, according to a […]
Global Ransomware Attacks Raise Key Legal Considerations
On May 12, 2017, a massive ransomware attack, known as “WannaCry,” began affecting tens of thousands of computer systems in […]
Facebook Gets Fined By 2 European Privacy Regulators
On Tuesday Dutch and French data protection authorities issued fines to Facebook saying that its data handling practices broke their countries’ privacy […]
What will the next Irish Data Protection Act say?
The General Data Protection Regulation is an EU Regulation, which means that it has direct effect inside (and indeed outside) the […]
The Google Play apps that say they don’t collect your data – and then do
Adware is typically viewed as a nuisance that does no real harm. But in recent research, SophosLabs has seen adware in Google […]
Who is Fact Checking the Fact Checkers?
With the proliferation of so-called “fake news”, companies are starting to rely on third party organizations to perform a “fact […]
The Thinning Line Between Commercial and Government Surveillance
Privacy doesn’t merely benefit individuals; it fundamentally shapes how society functions. It is crucial for marginalized communities and for social […]
New Privacy-Protecting Identity Platform announced
LuxTrust S.A., the leading European Trust Services Provider, and Cambridge Blockchain LLC, the Massachusetts-based pioneer in digital identity enterprise software, […]
Hacking Attack Has Security Experts Scrambling to Contain Fallout
The “ransomware” attacks across continents raised fears that people would not be able to meet ransom demands before their data […]
IOT and data centres provide great opportunities
Interesting interview with Garry Connolly, from Host In Ireland, who will be giving a keynote Q and A at the […]