Furor erupts around Indian PM Modi’s app over alleged data sharing
Allegations that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official mobile application was sending personal user data to a third party without […]
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U.S. to Seek Social Media Details From All Visa Applicants
The State Department wants to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and […]
Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed
Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said that “questionable contact importing practices,” “subtle language that helps people stay searchable,” and […]
11 Tell-Tale Signs Your Accounts and Devices Have Been Hacked
No one likes getting hacked, and it’s generally true that the quicker you can spot something has gone awry, the […]
AggregateIQ: the obscure Canadian tech firm and the Brexit data riddle
Documents released last week shed more light on the puzzle of the company’s links to Cambridge Analytica. What Christopher Wylie […]
Benchmarking data reveals importance of paper incidents across industries
In a world where ransomware and hacking attacks have become increasingly commonplace, it can be easy to assume that your […]
Deciphering “Legitimate Interests”: Report based on more than 40 cases from practice
FPF and Nymity collaborated to compile a Report on actual cases from practice and relevant guidance from the Article 29 […]
Companies Seek Ways to Hold On to Customer Data Under New EU Privacy Law
Paying for data and offering better prices and loyalty points are among the ways they’re hoping to convince consumers. A […]
Facebook scandal ignites a privacy awakening
After years of privacy complaints about the tech industry, Facebook’s data scandal may be the one that finally leads users […]
Are you ready? This is all the data Facebook and Google have on you
The harvesting of our personal details goes far beyond what many of us could imagine. So I braced myself and […]
The Next Cold War Is Here, and It’s All About Data
The General Data Protection Regulation coming to Europe this spring emphasizes how different societies value personal data and privacy. Combatants […]
Cambridge Analytica parent company had access to secret MoD information
SCL, Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, had access to secret UK information and was singled out for praise by the UK […]