Russia’s Personal Data Localization Law: Expanding Enforcement
There was lot of confusion and concern about Russia’s personal data localization law that went into effect on September 1, 2015. […]
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On Balancing Insider-Threat Protection and Employee Privacy
Insider attacks is serious threat to business. They are hard to detect and stop with traditional preventative controls. Cloud computing and […]
IEEE Standards Association Announces Initiative Designed to Protect Digital Identity for the Global Community
IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, today announced the launch of a new […]
Data privacy doesn’t seem to be a concern for mobile users willing to swap it for convenience
People are full of contradictions, going through life saying one thing and then doing another. For example, people think they […]
Blockchain and healthcare privacy laws just don’t mix
Blockchain and digital ledger technology for sure has future. However, it has serious issues with privacy and data protection. You simply […]
Pokemon Go Defeats Lawsuit Over Privacy Policy
A judge has dismissed a consumer’s complaint alleging that the developer of Pokemon Go violated Florida’s consumer protection law. Complaint stated […]
Hundreds of privacy-invading apps are using ultrasonic sounds to track you
Apps are using ad-tracking ultrasonic tones – audio signals that your phone can hear, but you can’t – build up […]
Unroll.me’s shadiness is exactly why people don’t trust tech companies
Selling customer data is business model not just for Unroll.me but for many companies of Silicon Valley. However, that’s not excuse for Unroll.me and […]
Big Data analytics in Europe – the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated
Some say that new EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is not fit for modern age of Big Data, artificial […]
40,000 Tinder pics scraped into big data service
Developer Stuart Colianni had built a a set of 40,000 facial images by scraping the Tinder dating service arguing that publicly available […]
Facebook transparency report signals need for privacy guidelines
Facebook released its latest Global Government Requests Report covering the second half of 2016. The report shows that over first half 2016 […]
Meet Chris Vickery, the internet’s data breach hunter
Vickery is security researcher. His job is simple: find leaked and exposed data before the bad guys do. His work has […]