Apple announced new rules for its App Store this week which will require developers to clearly and explicitly disclose how their apps use, secure and share the user’s personal data. Under the new policy which will take effect on October 3, developers will have to submit...
Last week, security and immigration ministers from the Five Eyes member nations put forward a range of proposals on terrorism and crime, and government access to encrypted information. At the Five Country Ministerial meeting, the countries said that they intend to “encourage information and communications technology...
Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission announced last Friday that it will be illegal for entities to collect, use, or disclose NRIC numbers or make copies of the identity card from September 1, 2018 onwards. Organizations that have collected NRIC numbers will also be required to dispose...
Piriform, an Avast company, recently launched a new version of its popular system cleaning software CCleaner with improved privacy options. The company rolled out 5.46 after the previous version was met with consumer backlash for not giving free users any privacy options and keeping the...
Google had reportedly made a deal with Mastercard which will allow the search giant to track the offline spending habits of its customers. The deal, which was not publicized, will give Google access to Mastercard’s US credit card data, but the multinational financial company denied...
Mozilla announced last Thursday that a tracker-blocking feature will soon be turned on by default on Firefox. Additionally, the browser will also allow users to control what information they share with websites. Firefox’s Tracking Protection, which was introduced in 2015, blocks website elements such as ads,...
Nightwatch Cybersecurity researchers revealed last Wednesday an Android vulnerability which can allow attackers to secretly intercept WiFi broadcast data to track users. The flaw, CVE-2018-9489, was discovered in Android’s communication management programming. Researcher Yakov Shafranovich said that attackers can listen to the data stream being leaked...
Air Canada confirmed yesterday that around 20,000 of its mobile app users may have had their personal data accessed by an unauthorized party. The airline said that the unusual login activity occurred in between August 22 to 24 where the hacker may have had access to...
Family Orbit, a company that sells surveillance software for parents, was recently exposed by an unnamed hacker as having inadequate security on its cloud servers where it keeps the photos of its customers’ kids. The hacker, who according to Motherboard is the same one who hacked...
Charleston-based tech startup Dynepic Inc. released this week a suite of software development kits (SDK) called playPortal Studio which can be used to build apps, games, and connected toys that are instantly compliant with child privacy laws. The company says that apps built with the...