In a report last Wednesday, Internet Society (ISOC) released a survey that largely details how Asia-Pacific users are wary that their data isn't properly protected online. The survey showed that 90% of users in the region were not confident about sharing credit card numbers online,...
Milan, Italy — Last Wednesday, Italian lender UniCredit announced that cyber attackers have possibly accessed their customers' information in a massive data breach involving around 400,000 customers. The bank’s head of information technology Daniele Tonella said that the accessed information is not enough for hackers...
Yorkshire, England — According to a report last Tuesday, an expert data firm revealed that cyber criminals could possibly be trading private information of 191,709 of users based in Leeds. User information including passport numbers, credit card details, photographs, and emails are up for sale...
Image protection startup DI-D has designed new technology that can render images unidentifiable to face recognition systems. The tools were developed to counter privacy concerns that arise from the use of online facial detection. Founders Gil Perry, Eliran Kuta, and Sella Blondheim established the company in...
Last Tuesday, the Trump administration's committee on electoral fraud was given a go signal to restart gathering voter information throughout the country. In June, the Washington's Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) filed a lawsuit to stop the commission from collecting registered voter's data,including birth dates, names,...
News last Monday reports that hundreds of Google Groups are unprotected, exposing private messages with personal data. The issue was caused by a customer-handled settings error in the chat group’s platform. Many companies use Google Groups for professional communication, enabling secure messaging between teams in...
According to news last Tuesday, automatic vacuum maker iRobot is involved in a privacy conflict upon considering the possibility of selling customer's floor plan data to tech giants. iRobot owner Colin Angle said that smart home systems can significantly be improved once data from actual home...
Canada - A report last Monday detailed how Canada's privacy laws were called out for re-examination following Europe's upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018. Cyber privacy law experts expressed concern, saying Canada must update its stance and regulations on privacy because the new regulations...
Last Monday, head of Civil Liberties Committee Claude Moraes, said they found inefficiencies in the Privacy Shield which must be resolved as soon as possible. In April this year, officials reviewed the Privacy Shield and found that it subverted privacy measures stipulated by the U.S....
Ireland — News last Saturday revealed that the new European privacy law (Article 29) does not completely state that bosses can no longer search their worker's social media profiles. Article 29 stipulates that companies cannot process social media information. There are exceptions though, like cases where...