York, England - A hospice in York, England, has taken a creative approach in dealing with matters of data privacy and consent in the face of the upcoming GDPR. In order to obtain the explicit consent only of those who would like to be contacted...
Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will be unveiling a secure and anonymous payment protocol which will be unveiled at the upcoming 2017 ACM CCS conference in the US. Current payment systems use a central database where customer details are transmitted to for every...
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently reviewed 30 websites in the country from the retail, banking, and travel sectors and found their data privacy and protection notices to be inadequate. 26 out of the 30 websites also failed to clarify details on how the user’s...
Gatineau, QC - The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) recently took part in the fifth annual Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), where the privacy policies and features of a number of educational apps used in Canadian classrooms were scrutinized. Privacy Commissioner of Canada...
A tech store called the Glass Room, has recently been opened in central London. Established by Mozilla and Tactical Tech, the store seeks to help users understand online privacy and security in a tangible way. The Glass Room features an array of exhibits and artists’ interventions...
A recent study conducted by UK's Get Safe Online organization says that millennials are two times more likely to get baited by online phishing scams, compared to baby boomers. 1 out of 10 millennials between the ages of 18 to 24 admitted to have fallen to...
Washington, USA - Reuters revealed earlier this week that the US government is widening its scope of surveillance to include “homegrown violent extremists”, to the alarm of several privacy and civil liberties groups. According to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) training slides...
Last Tuesday, a bipartisan group of US senators led by Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Rand Paul pushed for a bill that would require the NSA to get a warrant if the agency wishes to access data of Americans for surveillance. The legislation is said to...
It has been reported that the non-binding opinion recently issued by an advocate general of EU’s Court of Justice could put Facebook Inc. at risk of getting into a mess of privacy-related legal battles across the 28 nation bloc. The opinion was given on a...
A number of parents in Boston have recently been offered a free DNA scan for their newborns which genetic counselors say will help provide information on the child’s future health. However, some parents have voiced their apprehensions regarding the program, stating that it could cause...