Michigan State Police denies downloading drivers’ phone data
A few days ago, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan made public their belief that the Michigan State Police might have been using portable devices that allowed them …
Software company Ashampoo breached, customer data stolen
The German computer software company Ashampoo has been targeted by attackers that managed to gain access to its customers database and possibly exfiltrated data such as names …
Michigan police downloading drivers’ phone data without warrants?
For a few years now, the Michigan State Police has been using portable devices that allow them to secretly extract personal information from cell phones of drivers who have …
Yahoo! backtracks on data retention policy decision
In late 2008, Yahoo! announced that their file retention period for most log file data would be cut down to 90 days – with the exception of raw data kept for 6 months …
Children on social networks unaware of privacy risks
77% of 13-16 year olds and 38% of 9-12 year olds in the EU have a profile on a social networking site, according to a pan-European survey carried out for the European …
Gaping security hole in Skype for Android
The Skype application for Android contains a flaw that allows a rogue app to access and harvest users’ personal information and things like chat logs from the device …
Next Safari version will include do-not-track tool
Safari is the latest of the top four most popular browsers to receive a do-not-track privacy tool. So far, the feature is still being tested by developers, but if everything …
Privacy violations by popular mobile apps under investigation
An ongoing grand-jury investigation has revealed that many mobile applications could be sending various user information to advertising networks without the users’ …
Smartphone users feel more secure than PC users
Many users feel more secure using smartphones to surf the Internet than PCs, and a majority consider the risk of losing personal data higher on computers than on smartphones, …
Bogus Facebook app harvests user login credentials
A bogus application harvesting Facebook users’ login credentials has recently appeared on the social network, according to Symantec researchers. Luring in users with …
WhisperCore: Device and data protection for Android
WhisperCore is a secure Android platform dedicated to providing the security and management features necessary for transforming a consumer phone into an enterprise-class …
Millions in privacy violations wake-up the healthcare industry
What can healthcare organizations learn from the multi- million dollar penalties recently issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) …