Is Apple Jumping Into The Ad Blocking Fray … Again?
Apple is rolling out products to cut down on autoplay video and retargeting. Source: Is Apple Jumping Into The Ad […]
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EU ePrivacy Regulation Proposal Falls Short of Parliament’s Expectations
The European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs commissioned a study to assess the European Commission’s draft […]
Whistleblower Snowden warns of looming mass surveillance in Japan
Edward Snowden, who exposed extensive U.S. surveillance programs in 2013, warned this week that Japan may be moving closer to […]
Congress Fast-Tracks Bill That Would Give DHS Agencies Access To NSA Collections
As a parting gift to the incoming president, Barack Obama approved information-sharing rules which gave sixteen federal agencies access to […]
Using your face or finger as a boarding pass
Two months ago, we reported on the first deployments of biometric technologies for passenger processing at some European airports and […]
Apple Reports a Blitz of National Security Requests
CNET reported on May 24 th that the number of national security orders issued to Apple by U.S. law enforcement […]
Why the WannaCry outbreak should be a wake-up call
WannaCry, the ransomware that recently swept the world and brought down computer systems in more than 100 countries, can be viewed […]
OneLogin Breached. Here’s What You Need to Do.
Single sign-on provider OneLogin has experienced a breach. If you or your company uses OneLogin to sign in to applications, […]
Facebook privacy: Court backs blocking parents from dead girl’s account
Facebook’s been on the receiving end of several adverse privacy rulings, but its stance in one case has now been […]
OneLogin breach: Hacker stole AWS keys, rifled through customer data for 7 hours
Customer info potentially decrypted by “threat actor” who accessed database tables. Source: OneLogin breach: Hacker stole AWS keys, rifled through […]
BSI Group eyeing ethical data use
In May, BSI Group, the national standards body for the U.K., held its most recent workshop looking at the development […]
Essex local authority fined for publishing sensitive personal data in online planning documents
A council has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for publishing sensitive personal information about a family. Source: […]