Security News
Seclore announced fast and seamless provisioning of data-centric security in the cloud. The modern workplace is driving the growth of collaboration and data sharing of sensitive information on the cloud.
Google has announced a number of user-facing and under-the-hood changes in an attempt to boost privacy and security, including rolling out two-factor authentication automatically to all eligible users and bringing iOS-styled privacy labels to Android app listings. The search giant said it plans to include a new safety section for app listings that highlights the type of data being collected and stored - such as approximate or precise location, contacts, personal information, photos and videos, and audio files - and how the data is used, whether be it for providing app functionality, personalization, or advertising.
Microsoft has announced plans to ensure data processing of EU cloud services within the borders of the political bloc in a move that expert observers claim reveals problems with the firm's existing setup. In a blog, Brad Smith, Microsoft's president and chief legal officer, said the software and cloud services giant would, by the end 2022, enable EU customers of Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365 to have all their data processed physically within the EU. To my understanding, there would still be direct access to data and keys from the US in this new Microsoft setup.
Twitter 'Tip Jar' may expose your PayPal shipping address. "For now, a limited group of people around the world who use Twitter in English can add Tip Jar to their profile and accept tips."
Google has decided the time has come to require app developers to disclose the data their wares collect, and their security practices, in their Play Store listings. The data-harvesting ad giant on Thursday detailed plans to create a "Safety section in Google Play" that it says "Will help people understand the data an app collects or shares, if that data is secured, and additional details that impact privacy and security."
Google announced the introduction of a privacy information section on the entries of Android applications listed in its Google Play Store digital distribution service starting with Q1 2022. "Today, we're pre-announcing an upcoming safety section in Google Play that will help people understand the data an app collects or shares, if that data is secured, and additional details that impact privacy and security," Suzanne Frey, Product VP for Android Security and Privacy, said.
BigID announced the release of the BigID App Marketplace, designed to provide BigID customers with modular add-on apps for data privacy, protection, and perspective - in a unified data management platform. BigID's app marketplace makes it easy for organizations to get more value from their data discovery, catalog and classification by easily adding apps for actioning data in data compliance, security or governance.
Before you can use a camera app in Windows 10 you have to allow access to the camera itself. This how-to tutorial shows you how to access camera settings in Windows 10 and how to grant permission to access a camera to specific apps.
A campaign by Gov. Ron DeSantis to help Floridians regain ownership of the troves of data that companies collect came to a halt Friday, when state lawmakers could not agree on how tightly to limit how Big Data harvests and uses people's information. Unlike the social media proposal, the legislative effort to address consumer data privacy was mostly bipartisan.
The new privacy feature, dubbed "App Tracking Transparency," rolled out Monday as part of an update to the operating system powering the iPhone and iPad. The anti-tracking shield included in iOS 14.5 arrives after a seven-month delay during which Apple and Facebook attacked each other's business models and motives for decisions that affect billions of people around the world. Apple takes a 15% to 30% cut on most payments processed through an iPhone app.