Security News

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...

Trump's Impact on Health Data Privacy, Security (InfoRiskToday)
2016-11-09 21:43

Forrester's 2016 Data Privacy Heatmap Points To Continued European Influence On Global Regulations (Forbes)
2016-11-09 19:43

Forrester Predictions: The FCC Ruling And Why It Foreshadows Big Changes In Privacy (Forbes)
2016-11-02 17:12

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...

Blood donors' privacy anaemic after Red Cross data breach (The Register)
2016-10-28 02:12

New FCC privacy rules protect broadband users (Help Net Security)
2016-10-28 00:10

The Federal Communications Commission today adopted rules that require broadband ISPs to protect the privacy of their customers. The rules ensure broadband customers have meaningful choice,...

FCC imposes new consumer privacy rules on ISPs (ZDNet)
2016-10-27 18:27

88% of employees lack awareness to stop privacy or security incidents (Help Net Security)
2016-10-27 13:47

The results of a new survey testing employee data privacy and cybersecurity knowledge reveal that 88 percent lack the awareness to stop preventable cyber incidents. MediaPro surveyed 1,000...