It has been reported that EU’s upcoming ePrivacy Regulation (ePR) may unnecessarily regulate Internet of Things devices as it would make all data processing not necessary to provide a service to be illegal, and require the user to provide explicit consent in almost all cases. According...
Last Thursday, Senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul released a joint statement asking the leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee not to include the CLOUD Act in the spending bill Congress is putting together this week. It is said that the CLOUD Act would enable US...
Home sellers in the US are now reportedly employing high tech tactics to spy on their buyers to get a leg up on negotiations. This, however, sparked new concerns on the privacy, courtesy, and legality of such transactions. Sources within the market have said that most...
Last Tuesday, fitness app company Strava said that it will be restricting access to an online heat map which shows where Strava users conduct their fitness activities. Strava made the changes after causing a massive privacy issue when its app inadvertently revealed the location of...
The US has reportedly shot down the proposed plan of Internet domain name system organization ICANN to let governments decide on who is allowed to bypass EU privacy rules in relation to Whois data. Assistant Commerce Secretary David Redl said at ICANN's meeting in Puerto Rico...
Last Tuesday, it was reported that the White House will be adding two more members to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB). Edward Felten and Jane Nitze, both of whom worked for the Obama administration, will be working in the newly revived federal...
Mozilla recently announced that its newly released Firefox 59 for PC, Mac, and Android devices will feature a number of privacy and security upgrades. Users can now access new settings in the preferences menu to prevent websites from sending permission notifications to access the device's camera,...
A European account holder recently filed a $60,000 complaint against Freelancer.com with the Office of Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), alleging that the company had breached the Privacy Act and Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act. The complainant said that requesting personally identifiable information after the...
VPNMentor revealed in a post this week that a number of virtual peer network services had vulnerabilities which leaked private user information. According to the researchers, they found flaws which can leak real-world IP addresses in three VPNs, namely Hotspot Shield, Zenmate, and PureVPN. The tests showed...
According to the latest research from Kaspersky Lab, security vulnerabilities in smart cameras such as baby monitors could be exploited by hackers for surveillance and data theft. The security company said that they have found a number of such flaws with cameras manufactured by Hanwha Techwin,...