It was reported that hundreds of “black tech” or cutting-edge surveillance tech dominated this year’s China International Exhibition on Police Equipment in Beijing. It is said that the exhibition underscored the extent to which Chinese authorities are using technology to monitor and punish behavior that goes...
A new privacy law that focuses on data brokers recently came into effect in the state of Vermont, requiring such entities to register with the state, take security standard measures, and notify the authorities about breaches. World Privacy Forum director Pam Dixon said that data...
The National Privacy Commission recently stated that it is supporting the establishment of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), saying that a national ID system will help Filipinos gain access to public and private sector services which require proof of identity. NPC chief Raymund Enriquez Liboro said...
Chen Yinjiang, deputy secretary-general of the China Consumer Protection Law Society, recently said in an interview that a significant number of mobile phone apps are fraught with security issues. Likewise, a report from Tencent Holdings and the Data Centre of China Internet established that more than...
China’s most popular social platform, WeChat, has recently launched a new set of privacy rules as part of a wider overhaul to protect user data and comply with the GDPR. In addition to the strict rules already in place, the company has introduced new rules focusing...
In his speech at the National Data Privacy Conference this week, Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go confirmed that the Duterte Administration is committed to enforcing the Data Privacy Act of 2012. As the event’s guest of honor, Go also urged the public...
Ghostery, the company behind a privacy-focused browser, may have violated the EU’s new privacy rules when it mistakenly exposed the email addresses of other users in its GDPR-themed notification emails. The recipients were able to see the addresses of other users who were CC’d on the...
It was recently reported that the personal data of 934,000 South Africans may have been leaked online, in addition to the 60 million ID numbers which had been posted publicly around last year. According to cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt who is working with iAfrikan on the...
A new proposal that will require porn sites in the UK to compel users to provide their real ages has sparked concerns from both providers and users who fear that the move may raise privacy risks and may impact independent provider disproportionately. The one-age verification proposal...
It was recently revealed in a media investigation that one of the world’s most popular app, Tik Tok, employed sub-standard privacy measures which led to the exposure of the personal data of children in Hong Kong as young as nine years old. The $20 billion company,...