Security News

EU Mass Surveillance Alive and Well, Privacy Groups Warn
2018-06-26 13:17

Campaigners Seek Court Sanctions to End Blanket Communications Data RetentionPrivacy rights groups are calling on the Court of Justice of the European Union to clamp down on at least 17 EU...

School facial recognition system sparks privacy concerns
2018-06-26 10:39

A New York school district is hoping to use technology to make its children safer. But not everyone is happy about it.

Dob in naughty data slurps to top EU court, privacy groups urge
2018-06-26 08:02

11 member states grassed on to European Commission – including the UK More than 60 privacy groups and activists have demanded that member states still engaging in blanket data retention of...

3M draws attention to physical privacy issues
2018-06-25 22:42

3M is working with UK businesses to raise awareness of ‘physical privacy’, following the introduction of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018, which requires...

Is the SCOTUS cell tower warrant case a win for privacy advocates?
2018-06-25 15:30

The Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement must obtain a warrant to retrieve cell tower location records, but the decision was very narrow says Forrester analyst Jeff Pollard.

How to create respectful and profitable data privacy policy
2018-06-22 21:28

Blockchain expert Alex Feinberg explained how internet companies could use emerging technology to balance profit and privacy concerns.

Supreme Court Bolsters Mobile-Phone Privacy Rights
2018-06-22 17:40

Supreme Court decision requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant to gain access to cellphone records for tracking citizens.

Are Europe's data privacy concerns overblown?
2018-06-22 16:19

The EU has long been a champion of data protection, but did the GDPR go too far? The regulation may not be enough to protect big data, said Alex Feinberg.

Israeli government weighs in on Facebook privacy, promises action
2018-06-21 20:02

Intelligence boss whines about smartphone privacy Facebook - already kicked around the block by politicians in the US and Europe over privacy in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal - has...

New trends advance user privacy
2018-06-15 11:45

Privacy and security online are one of the top concerns of Americans, especially after numerous massive data breaches (Equifax, Yahoo, Uber) that happened in the past couple of years. According to...