Security News

Privacy Proponents Rally In Favor of Tracking Protection in Firefox (Threatpost)
2015-06-03 18:21

Privacy advocates are calling on Mozilla to better deploy Tracking Protection, a technology that offers more stringent privacy and speeds up page loads by blocking requests to tracking domains, in...

How to raise users' expectations about security and privacy? (Help Net Security)
2015-06-03 15:49

Users do not seem to care much about privacy and security. When buying a new smartphone, for example, they rarely ask about security updates and how long the device will be supported. When downloa...

USA Freedom Act is just the beginning of the fight for privacy (Help Net Security)
2015-06-03 13:43

The US Senate voted for the passing of the USA Freedom Act on Tuesday, and President Obama signed it into law later the same day. So, how will this impact the surveillance programs operated by the NSA...

CipherCloud offers compliance advice regarding EU privacy laws (Help Net Security)
2015-06-03 06:59

As the EU moves towards stricter data privacy rules, companies operating in the region are grappling with translating legal policy into business practices. In light of this transition, CipherCloud has...

New Google My Account Manages Privacy, Security Settings (Threatpost)
2015-06-02 13:27

Google announced the availability of My Account, a new dashboard where users can manage and evaluate their privacy and security settings.

Google releases new hub for managing security and privacy settings (Help Net Security)
2015-06-02 12:07

Google has released a new privacy tool for users: the My Account centralized hub for managing Google Settings. "Privacy and security are two sides of the same coin: if your information isn’t secu...