It was reported earlier this week that the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka is looking to gain access to the database handled by the Department Of Registration of Persons, a move which has raised privacy-related concerns. It was revealed in a paper submitted...
Earlier this week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) unveiled documents that lobbyists allegedly used to influence lawmakers’ decision on the California Broadband Internet Privacy Act. EFF said that one of the documents was an attempt to capitalize on fears generated by the Charlottesville white supremacist attack....
Last Thursday, it was reported that Healthy Kids Corp., a Florida health insurance company, was struck by a phishing scam over the summer which may have compromised the private information of around 2000 people. The company's board of directors were told that the data was...
A recent report from cybersecurity provider IntSights revealed that the Discord app is the most popular chat service among Dark Web users. Telegram comes in as the second most popular communications app, according to the recorded data on IM invites shared on Dark Web cyber-crime...
A “secretive” intelligence-gathering tool used by the New South Wales police called Suspect Target Management Plan (STMP) has recently come into the sights of the NSW law enforcement watchdog for targeting children as young as 10 who have not even been connected to any...
Jacksonville, Florida - Reporters from Action News Jax recently found out that police can obtain and use genetic information from DNA testing companies like Ancestry or 23andMe to identify individuals in criminal investigations. In an interview with 23andMe’s privacy officer Kate Black, the company said...
A number of security researchers have said that a new feature in Apple’s iOS 11 could inadvertently provide user information to apps that the user would rather restrict it from. The Core ML, which is a tool for implementing machine learning algorithms, boosts tasks like facial...
Facebook’s WhatsApp is expected to clash with EU’s data regulator once more for sharing user data with its parent company. The chat app had already been warned for the same issue around a year ago. The pan-European data regulator has created a task force called the...
Several right-leaning groups have recently called on Congress to act on a bill that would allow US law enforcement to access American data stored on overseas servers. Last Wednesday, groups such as Americans for Tax Reform and the R Street Institute pressed the House and...
Last Thursday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) announced that they are already finalizing suggestions on the matter of net neutrality and may release their recommendations on data privacy this coming January. At a Ficci event yesterday, Trai Chairman RS Sharma made an appeal for...