US Supreme Court to hear case against Microsoft on email privacy
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the federal government’s case against Microsoft, in which it seeks access to emails held […]
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Australian DPA seeks comments on data breach notification guidelines
The Office of the Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner has published draft resources for the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, asking […]
Russian anti-privacy laws go into effect
Laws under the earlier effective date enable faster blocking of all proxies and mirrors of banned websites – all without […]
Australia to introduce national facial recognition system
Australia’s Prime minister plays down privacy implications of automated face-matching regime under anti-terrorism deal struck with states. Source: Turnbull denies […]
UK judge grants malicious falsehood and data protection injunctions over video content
A UK businessman has been barred from repeating false statements he made about a rival company and one of its […]
Google Hit With New Privacy Suit For Sharing Data With App Developers
Google is facing a new lawsuit over allegations that it shared the names and other personally identifiable information of people […]
‘Crypto Anchors’ Might Stop the Next Equifax-Style Megabreach
There’s no foolproof system to keep hackers out. Instead, this increasingly popular security design keeps them in. Source: ‘Crypto Anchors’ […]
70% of customers plan to demand to see their data
70% of customers plan to demand to see their data. Study shows huge rise in consumers planning to exercise their […]
Infrastructure companies must become data guardians in the era of ‘infratech’
Infrastructure companies need to become adept at handling and using data and managing cyber risk to exploit opportunities in ‘infratech’ […]
Ireland proposes draft data retention bill in response to CJEU decisions
12 October 2017 The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, published, on 3 October 2017, the general scheme of […]
Possible security risk affects 750,000 Estonian ID-cards
An international team of researchers detected a vulnerability potentially affecting digital use of Estonian ID cards issued since October 2014. […]
Accenture Data Leak Exposed 137 GB’s of Highly Sensitive Data online
One of the worlds largest consulting firm “Accenture” owned four biggest cloud-based storage servers left openly in public without securing […]