US suspects cellphone spying devices in DC
For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue […]
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What is a privacy engineer?
In recent years, the term “privacy engineering” has entered the professional lexicon. It’s a term that’s bandied about, usually with […]
Are you ready for the new records of processing activities requirements?
Under the GDPR, instead of providing notifications to the DPA, organisations will need to maintain their own internal documentation, and […]
ENISA publishes the first comprehensive study on cyber Threat Intelligence Platforms
ENISA has released the first comprehensive study on cyber Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs) focused on the needs of consumers, users, […]
Facebook apologises for storing draft videos users thought they had deleted
Facebook continues to deal with the fallout of the Cambridge Analytica files, announcing policy changes and bug fixes aimed at […]
Deeper Dive: Minimizing Risk
For organizations of any size, making sense of the constantly evolving cyber risk landscape can seem daunting. With new threats […]
Can Police Use a Dead Man’s Finger to Unlock His iPhone? Sometimes.
Dead men have no privacy rights. But they can sometimes unlock their iPhones with fingerprint authentication. As Forbes reported on […]
Facebook Isn’t Telling the Whole Story About Stopping Partnering With Data Brokers
The company publicly announced last week that it was shutting down its Partner Categories program to “help improve people’s privacy […]
U.S. Department of Commerce Posts Update of Actions to Support the Privacy Shield Frameworks
On March 26, 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce posted an update on the actions it has taken between January […]
Lessons for Facebook from an academic social network
With Facebook under fire for inadequate privacy protections, how has one of the oldest academic social networks avoided the same […]
13 simple ways to protect your family’s data
Technology use comes with privacy risks, but don’t worry — the answer isn’t living the life of a Luddite. If […]
Machine learning as a service: Can privacy be taught?
Machine learning requires massive amounts of data to teach the model. But we’re often uploading that data to machine learning […]