Security News

$7 Million Social Media Privacy Mistake (Schneier on Security)
2016-05-04 19:28

Forbes estimates that football player Laremy Tunsil lost $7 million in salary because of an ill-advised personal video....

Privacy Watchdogs Vow to Fight ‘Dystopian’ Rule 41 (Threatpost)
2016-05-02 18:04

Privacy watchdogs are blasting Rule 41, a proposed change to the federal criminal procedures, saying it would allow the government to hack into phones and seize computers remotely.

US companies need to gear up for new EU data privacy regulations (Help Net Security)
2016-05-02 12:45

Thousands of American companies that do business in Europe directly or online with European customers will need to start reckoning with new EU data privacy regulations that are due to go into full...

Privacy Activists Cheer Passage of Email Privacy Act, Brace for Senate Battle (Threatpost)
2016-04-28 20:12

In a vote of 419-0, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Email Privacy Act on Wednesday that would require the government to obtain a warrant in order to access digital communications...