A look into data privacy, protection practices as Mozilla rebrands Firefox in Asia
Mozilla announces two strategic partnerships for data privacy and protection in Asia; Cherry Mobile will bring Firefox Lite to more...
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FBI Special Agent and NATO Cybersecurity Director to Discuss Threats to Businesses
FBI Special Agent Aristedes Mahairas and NATO Cyber Defense Director Christian Lifländer will analyze and discuss cybersecurity threats to businesses on May...
How to get your business ready for GDPR
If your business collects any sort of online personal data (and whose doesn’t?), then you’re probably counting the days until...
Is Your Data Safe? Why Startups Should Care About User Protection and Privacy
Data protection isn’t just for big corporations. Data breaches threaten small businesses and startups, too, with 61 percent of data...
5 Simple Tips To Protect Your IoT Devices From Unauthorized Access
The Internet of Things (IoT) involves smart technology being rolled out to devices in all aspects of our lives –...
Can a cyberattack lead to your business being sued?
The media often has reports of high-profile cyberattacks on large organizations and corporations. This leaves many small business owners believing...
Interview with MacLane Wilkison: co-Founder of ZeroDB securities for big data & cloud
MacLane Wilkison talks about his entrepreneurial journey towards co-founding one of the most cutting-edge security companies in big data and...
Giving up the last stronghold: the IoT, ransomware and your home
In an ever-connected world filled with public CCTV cameras, cellphone videos, and satellites that can peer into your backyard, the...
Why the Queen wants your IP address
The British government has announced that it plans to introduce legislation that will allow it to better track the country's Internet users.
German authorities take Facebook to court over Irish privacy protection laws (or lack thereof) & lose
Irish law, and Facebook's string of European offices, is "undermining" Germany's privacy protection laws, according to Germany authorities.
Twitter gives the government 1 billion reasons why a ‘social media ombudsman’ would be unworkable
Twitter tells the Irish government why a state-funded social media ombudsman would be unworkable as the country looks at new laws for social media.
European data protection authorities “coordinating their enforcement actions” against Google
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European data protection authorities are "coordinating their enforcement actions" against Google after the company has apparently failed to take specific action on alleged "deficiencies" in its new privacy policy that came into effect one year ago.
Irish senators want to stop trolls by creating a database of all Internet users’ names & IP addresses
Two Irish senators have called for a database to be created that records every users' name against their IP address in an effort to curb trolls
On Facebook, you have no right to use a fake name, a German court finds
Facebook can force its users to use their real names on the site but a German data protection agency believes this shouldn't be the case.
Keeping your info off Facebook’s Graph Search is easy, unless your friends have other ideas
If you want your data to be kept off Facebook's Graph Search then you're going to have to ask your friends to help you out - good luck with that.
New media, old issues: Why we need a more modern debate about social & mainstream media
The Irish debate over the use of social media might be new but the issues & grievances are not, so why are we stuck in the past when discussing the future?
Irish Government to investigate whether “regulation” of social media comments is needed
The Irish Government has announced an investigation into whether "regulation" is need of public social media comments & their use by the mainstream media
Facebook gets drag-&-drop photo uploader & new privacy controls, & changes one iconic feature
From a new drag-and-drop image uploader to more security options and added personalization, here are the latest changes Facebook has made to the site.
Facebook gives users more security controls with new privacy dashboard
Facebook is giving users more control over their security settings with the launch of a privacy dashboard on the site's iconic blue bar.
Forcing people to use their real names on Facebook “must be immediately abandoned”
A German Data Protection office has ordered Facebook to immediately allow users operate the site with pseudonyms saying the its real name policy is unacceptable.
