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’ […]
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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 […]
Dubai International Airport will replace ID checks with a facial recognition aquarium
In a world in which people are increasingly willing to trade privacy for convenience, facial recognition seems to be a […]
How “anonymous” wifi data can still be a privacy risk
The thorny issue of tracking of location data without risking individual privacy is very neatly illustrated via a Freedom of […]
On monetizing personal information: A series
Estimations of the value of the digital economy range from nearly 3 trillion dollars to 8 trillion on the high […]
Why BCR are the future of global data flows
On October 3 rd , 2017, the Irish High Court issued a decision to refer questions on the adequacy of […]
People Are More Likely To Share Info In Emails Than On Dates
People trust email with their personal information more than they do dates, judging by a survey by Echoworx. Source: People […]
Replacing Social Security Numbers Is Harder Than You Think
In the wake of the massive Equifax system compromise, in which the personal information of at least 145 million people […]
The End of Privacy
The Yahoo breach is another reminder that the right to privacy is dying, if not already dead. Source: The End […]
Practical Approaches to Big Data Privacy Over Time
In this article, we examine a range of longterm data collections, conducted by researchers in social science, in order to […]