GDPR enforcement over the past two years
Two years after the GDPR went into effect, official data show that Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), crippled by a lack of resources, tight budgets, and administrative …
Why building backdoors into encryption won’t make us safer
For much of the last decade, technology companies have been in an uphill battle to save encryption, a battle that has seen an increasing number of skirmishes that tech …
Reality bites: Data privacy edition
May 25th is the second anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and data around compliance with the regulation shows a significant disconnect between …
Signal fixes location-revealing flaw, introduces Signal PINs
Signal has fixed a vulnerability affecting its popular eponymous secure communications app that allowed bad actors to discover and track a user’s location. The non …
Chrome 83: Enhanced Safe Browsing, Secure DNS, a Safety Check
Google has released version 83 of it’s popular Chrome web browser, which includes new security and privacy features and fixes for security issues. Chrome 83: New and …
New third-party healthcare data rules: Increased access alongside privacy considerations
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 is a monumental year for healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic brought many aspects of care to the forefront – from technology and …
Why a single online name and social cards will be the new norm
Each day, online users provide companies, organizations, and other individuals with vital personal information without much thought. As social networks and brands began to use …
Adult live streaming site CAM4 found leaking data of millions of users
A misconfigured database containing 7 terabytes of sensitive user and company information related to adult live streaming site CAM4 has been found leaking data. The database …
Is your smartphone pushing you to overshare?
The device people use to communicate online – a smartphone, desktop, or tablet – can affect the extent to which they are willing to overshare intimate or personal …
Half of IT pros believe their cybersecurity teams are ready to detect attacks
A surprising 51 percent of technology professionals and leaders are highly confident that their cybersecurity teams are ready to detect and respond to rising cybersecurity …
CCPA privacy requests cost business up to $275k per million consumer records
Organizations who plan on manually processing CCPA data subject requests (DSRs) or data subject access requests will spend between $140k – $275k per million consumer …
Consumers will opt for competitors after a single ransomware-related service disruption
While most consumers are taking necessary security precautions to protect their online accounts, businesses may not be doing enough to protect their information – …