Canada’s Brecknell ruling continues “recent trend” of extending jurisdiction to online companies
18 January 2018 The British Columbia Court of Appeal (‘the Court’) issued, on 9 January 2018, its decision in British […]
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Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts
Recently we revealed that “session replay” scripts on websites record everything you do, like someone looking over your shoulder, and […]
On building an internet of safe and useful things
With the booming market for voice-controlled virtual personal assistant devices like Google’s Home and Amazon’s Echo, and warnings from the […]
UK with tough code of practice for websites will aim to protect children online
Facing potential Lords defeat, government announces it will back data protection bill amendment to safeguard children’s privacy. Source: Tough code […]
Puzzling privacy analysis in decision to unmask anonymous accused copyright infringers
Plaintiff porn company sued an unknown bittorrent user (identified as John Doe) alleging that defendant had downloaded and distributed more […]
Dutch DPA: unlimited publication of WHOIS data violates privacy law
The unlimited publication of WHOIS-data of domain name registrants by Dutch registries is a violation of current Dutch privacy law. […]
People Are More Likely To Share Info In Emails Than On Dates
People trust email with their personal information more than they do dates, judging by a survey by Echoworx. Source: People […]
What’s New on Surveillance Self-Defense?
Since 2014, our digital security guide, Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD), has taught thousands of Internet users how to protect themselves from […]
Online privacy, building trust in the digital age
One of the most pressing challenges in our Digital Single Market project (DSM) is to create an online environment that […]
How Your Internet Activity Is Being Watched
While news of data leaks and malware attacks seem to be on the upswing, there are forms of web surveillance […]
Google Chrome Will Soon Warn You of Software That Performs MitM Attacks
Google Chrome 63 will include a new security feature that will detect when third-party software is performing a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) […]
Google Chrome Will Soon Warn You of Software That Performs MitM Attacks
Google Chrome 63 will include a new security feature that will detect when third-party software is performing a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) […]