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 […]
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‘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 […]
US suspects cellphone spying devices in DC
For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue […]
What is a privacy engineer?
In recent years, the term “privacy engineering” has entered the professional lexicon. It’s a term that’s bandied about, usually with […]
ENISA publishes the first comprehensive study on cyber Threat Intelligence Platforms
ENISA has released the first comprehensive study on cyber Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs) focused on the needs of consumers, users, […]
Deeper Dive: Minimizing Risk
For organizations of any size, making sense of the constantly evolving cyber risk landscape can seem daunting. With new threats […]
Can Police Use a Dead Man’s Finger to Unlock His iPhone? Sometimes.
Dead men have no privacy rights. But they can sometimes unlock their iPhones with fingerprint authentication. As Forbes reported on […]