US Data Breaches Hit All-Time High
In 2017, ITRC counted 1,579 U.S. breaches, up 45 percent from 2016. That doesn’t reflect every U.S. data breach last […]
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Fairness and Accountability Design Needs for Algorithmic Support in High-Stakes Public Sector Decision-Making
Calls for heightened consideration of fairness and accountability in algorithmically-informed public decisions—like taxation, justice, and child protection—are now commonplace. How […]
Chinese police are using facial recognition sunglasses to track citizens
China’s police have a new weapon in their surveillance arsenal: sunglasses with built-in facial recognition. According to reports from local […]
Seattle Pushes Forward as Data Privacy Leader
Seattle’s citywide privacy program is often recognized as a current leading effort among municipal governments to guard collected data, but […]
Swisscom data breach: 800,000 customers affected
Swisscom has revealed its customer data systems have been compromised and information belonging to roughly 800,000 customers has been stolen. […]
The Guardian view on internet privacy: it’s the psychology, stupid
The ease with which giant databases can be queried and cross-referenced makes privacy vanish on the internet Privacy is necessary […]
Why Every Company Should Consider Creating a “Cyber No-Fly List”
A cyber no-fly list can use deeper context and intelligence about digital traffic, asking, for example, “Is this traffic from […]
Security bill will enable Canada to disable computers located abroad
Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (“CSE:) wants to give the public broad reassurances that it will not use its growing array of […]
Security, privacy weaknesses pervade state and local education websites
At a time when concerns about cybersecurity and privacy are growing, among the most insecure websites are state education departments […]
A critical test for ICANN: ensuring GDPR compliance while preserving access to WHOIS
The issue is a fast moving one and, with the GDPR becoming enforceable on May 25 2018, late last week […]
Google and Facebook are watching our every move online. It’s time to make them stop.
To make any real progress in advancing data privacy this year, we have to start doing something about Google and […]
Balancing the benefits of location data with privacy protection
Popular lifestyle and utility apps have long raised privacy concerns about their collection and use of personally identifiable information, but […]