When will the public sector grasp basic lessons on information security?
Another day, another public sector data breach. Last month the ICO fined Greater Manchester Police £120,000 for the loss of a USB stick. The month before, the Scottish …
Trusted deployment of personal data to boost growth in the European economy
The effective and trusted deployment of personal data could be a boon to consumers and a source of massive growth in the European economy, but only if public and private …
Can you trust the cloud?
Can an organization trust an IT service provided through the cloud? A survey by KuppingerCole showed that cloud security issues (84.4%) and cloud privacy and compliance issues …
Infographic: “How companies track you on the Web”
Veracode’s new infographic illustrates how privacy transference has evolved into a major problem for consumers who willingly give information to businesses online, but …
EFF teaches how to file FOIA requests
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has announced a new project that should make it easier for interested parties to search for information the organization received …
New Facebook users will be educated on privacy
Facebook has announced that when signing up for the social network, new users will be subjected to a more prominent and detailed education about privacy and information …
Protect web browsing sessions on iOS devices
Quarri Technologies released Quarri Protect On Q (POQ) Mobile for iOS, a web information security solution that enables organizations to protect and control end-user web …
Bank of America customers under phishing attack
Bank of America customers, beware – the old “account suspended” warning purportedly sent by your bank’s Cardmember Services is hitting inboxes once …
Yahoo! will disregard Do Not Track requests from IE 10 users
As more and more browser developers add the support for the Do Not Track header to their products, and since Microsoft’s decision of making IE10 have the Do Not Track on …
A surveillance system that can anticipate trouble
Two researchers from the Psychology Department of the Carnegie Mellon University have managed to create a video surveillance system that not only follows human activity, but …
Privacy-invading module found in thousands of apps on Google Play
An advertising module embedded into over 7,000 “free” fake versions of legitimate Android apps that can be found on Google Play is actively harvesting a ton of …
Privacy compliance laws: Why the European Commission finally got it right
The debate about privacy compliance has always been a heated one. Add to the mix new European Commission legislation and you have a recipe for not only a lively debate but …