Security News

New White House Privacy Report (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-20 15:51

Two days ago, the White House released a report on privacy: "Privacy in our Digital Lives: Protecting Individuals and Promoting Innovation." The report summarizes things the administration has...

Data Privacy Day reminds digital citizens to better manage their privacy (Help Net Security)
2017-01-16 13:15

Many consumers do not fully understand how their information is collected, used and stored by the devices, apps and websites they use every day. According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 91...

Lawmakers Reintroduce Popular Email Privacy Act (Threatpost)
2017-01-10 17:36

A bipartisan group of lawmakers have reintroduced the Email Privacy Act, a bill that would curb law enforcement’s warrantless searches of email stored on third-party servers for over 180 days.

Popular smart toys violate children’s privacy rights? (Help Net Security)
2016-12-07 21:35

My Friend Cayla and i-Que, two extremely popular “smart” toys manufactured by Los Angeles-based Genesis Toys, do not safeguard basic consumer (and children’s) rights to security and privacy,...

GDPR privacy, preparations and understanding (Help Net Security)
2016-11-10 13:00

A new GDPR privacy benchmarking study by IAPP and TRUSTe provides insight into how companies are preparing for the sweeping changes to privacy laws under the EU General Data Protection Regulation...

Week in review: IoT, Windows code injection, new user privacy rules for ISPs (Help Net Security)
2016-10-30 19:10

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: New code injection attack works on all Windows versions Researchers from security outfit enSilo have...