Facebook Is Breached by Hackers, Putting 50 Million Users’ Data at Risk
Facebook said on Friday that an attack on its computer network had exposed the personal information of nearly 50 million […]
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UK intelligence agencies illegally spied on Privacy International
UK intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ violated the law by collecting and examining data of human rights group Privacy […]
EU lawmakers push for privacy and cybersecurity audit of Facebook
EU lawmakers appear set later this month to demand audits of Facebook by Europe’s cyber security agency and data protection […]
Are our smartphones cheating GDPR?
Consumer champion, Which? has revealed that the smart devices we use on a daily basis could be employing underhand measures […]
Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
Facebook is not content to use the contact information you willingly put into your Facebook profile for advertising. It is […]
Australia’s spyware law could expose phones to exploitation
Peter Dutton’s proposed legislation to expand the government’s surveillance capabilities into telecommunication devices through the inclusion of spyware risks could […]
Remove yourself from people search sites and erase your online presence
There’s an idea that once something is online, it is immortal, immutable, and almost impossible to contain. Here is a […]
Can Europe’s GDPR Save the Internet?
In an world increasingly driven by the ability of private companies and governments to collect vast amounts of personal data […]
Artificial Intelligence: The Robots Are Now Hiring
More and more companies are using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to assess possible employees. But are these practices […]
Microsoft calls for principle-based international agreements to govern law enforcement access to data
While governments engage with their citizens and with each other to address the challenges we face in our digital age, […]
Data protection if there’s no Brexit deal
If the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 with no agreement in place regarding future arrangements for data protection, […]
Consumers bear the cost of their privacy protection
The latest round of regulations placed on corporations to protect privacy will not protect us from the harm caused by […]