Isle of Man introduces new Data Protection Bill
In the Programme for Government, the Council of Ministers committed to ensuring that the Island’s legislative position is equivalent to […]
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ENISA publishes reports on PPPs and ISACs
A common objective of every European national cyber security strategy is collaboration to enhance cyber security across all levels, from […]
Recent OCR Newsletter Highlights Growing Cyber Extortion Threat for Healthcare Organizations
The OCR’s January 2018 newsletter details specific types of cyber extortion that healthcare organizations are currently encountering, including ransomware, denial […]
Are third-party macOS apps spying on you?
A recently discovered flaw in how macOS handles screenshot data could be used to spy on users and what they […]
Facebook loses Belgian privacy case, faces fine of up to €100 million
A Belgian court threatened Facebook on Friday with a fine of up to 100 million euros ($125 million) if it […]
Stanford quantifies the privacy-stripping power of metadata
More proof, if proof were needed, of the privacy-stripping power of metadata. A multi-year crowdsourced study, conducted by Stanford scientists […]
A phishing attack scored credentials for more than 50,000 Snapchat users
In late July, Snap’s director of engineering emailed the company’s team in response to an unfolding privacy threat. A government […]
A Strong Privacy Policy Can Save Your Company Millions
Cyberattacks are on the rise, with over 1,000 data breaches occurring at U.S. organizations in 2016 alone, most often through […]
‘Cryptojackers’ Dig Into Your Phone to Mine Their Coins Cheaply
There’s a chance your computer or phone is quietly producing a cryptocurrency called Monero. Criminals looking to commandeer massive processing power […]
Privacy policies can conflict with personalized learning, but they don’t have to
There does not have to be tension between implementing personalized learning for students and safeguarding those same students’ privacy through […]
Facebook ordered to stop collecting user data by Belgian court
Facebook has been ordered by a Belgian court to stop collecting data on users or face daily fines of €250,000 […]
CEOs should be reporting data breaches
CEOs, not chief information officers (CIOs), should be making the call on whether to report a data breach when a […]