Four cents to deanonymize: Companies reverse hashed email addresses
Your email address is an excellent identifier for tracking you across devices, websites and apps. Even if you clear cookies, […]
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Facebook Says Data on Most of Its 2 Billion Users Is Vulnerable
Facebook Inc. said data on most of its 2 billion users could have been accessed improperly, giving fresh evidence of […]
Putting patient data on phones introduces new privacy and security concerns
The recent push from both Apple and the CMS to give patients more control of their own health data stands […]
Cryptojacking is the biggest threat right now
McAfee CEO Christopher Young on the online security market, the biggest cybersecurity threats and the pressing need to secure oneself […]
Lack of law securing private data online makes you vulnerable
You may consider it magic when you upload a photo on your social network and it automatically recognises all your […]
Are your phone camera and microphone spying on you?
Here is what the former FBI director James Comey said when he was asked back in September 2016 if he […]
‘Big Brother’ in India Requires Fingerprint Scans for Food, Phones and Finances
The government requires its people to submit finger, eye and facial images. The ID is mandatory for many services, but […]
ESAs weigh benefits and risks of Big Data
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published today its final report on Big Data analysing its impact […]
Facebook’s Zuckerberg: Here’s how we’ll fix our massive data privacy problems
The firm has faced backlash following revelations that data from 87 million users was shared with research firm Cambridge Analytica. […]
Data Security And Data Breaches: What’s A Lawyer To Do?
How can lawyers help their clients protect their data, and how can lawyers help in the event of a breach? […]
Report: 41% of companies have 1,000+ sensitive files open to every employee
Data security firm Varonis released a report with alarming statistics about how unprotected corporate networks truly are. The company conducted […]
ICANN’s temporary solution for bringing WHOIS into line with GDPR
For the past few months, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), a charitable association under Californian law that […]