Last Wednesday, the Victorian Government is reported to enhance data sharing across government departments with the drafting of the 2017 Victorian Data Sharing Bill which aims to protect women victimized by family violence. The bill comes with a transparent legal structure that enables government data to...
Moscow, Russia — Last Tuesday, a Moscow court fined messaging app Telegram $14,000 (800,000 Russian rubles) for not complying with a government request to grant Russian intelligence FSB access to encrypted chats. The order was sent to Telegram’s London headquarters on July 12. FSB requested an...
Last Tuesday, Apple responded to U.S. Senator Al Franken’s letter in September regarding security concerns on the Face ID authentication function of iPhone X, which will be available next month. Franken sent a letter which raised 10 important privacy concerns for its users. Some of the...
It was announced last Tuesday that Google Inc. will launch a new Gmail program with advanced security protection features intended for high-risk users like journalists, activists, and government officials who are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The new security feature allows Google users to strengthen security settings...
Last Monday, Instagram was charged by the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV) for violating German data security policy. According to the watchdog, Instagram’s service terms allow it to send personal data to advertisers without asking German users for permission. The current policy is not...
Last Monday, Adobe issued a fix for a zero-day vulnerability initially discovered by Kaspersky Lab researcher Anton Ivanov. The flaw is known to be used by the advanced persistent threat (APT) group, BlackOasis. The flaw is a critical confusion vulnerability that can cause code execution...
Privacy concerns regarding police access to blood samples taken at birth have been raised in New Zealand, following a murder case in which the police used such samples to identify the victim. Parents, including the mother of the victim Jane Furlong, were reportedly “stunned” to hear...
Last Monday, the US Supreme court has agreed to resolve a major legal battle between Microsoft and the Justice Department on the matter of access to the software maker’s emails stored overseas. The court will hear the Justice Department’s appeal on a ruling made by the...
Earlier this week, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus announced that users will now be able to opt-out of its “experience program” that ties usage analytics to device information. This came after Christopher Moore, a software engineer, discovered that it would only be possible to disable the data...
In a blog post earlier this week, Philip Neustrom of Shotwell Labs said that he had found two websites - Payfone and Danal, that returned data which includes the user's name, current location, and billing zip code when visited using a mobile data connection. The...