Data protection

NSA Ends Some Data Collection Amidst Privacy Row

The NSA said it will no longer collect communications by US citizens that merely mention foreign surveillance targets, in a…

8 years ago

Foreign Office ‘Targeted By Sustained Cyber-Attack’

The British government was the subject of a sophisticated phishing campaign for several months last year, researchers say

8 years ago

European WhatApp’s Data-Sharing Deal ‘Is Close’

Facebook's WhatsApp may soon be able to use customer data as agreement with European watchdogs nears

8 years ago

US Could Force UK Travellers To Hand Over Mobiles & Passwords

Travellers from the UK and other countries could be forced to provide mobile phone contacts and social media passwords and…

8 years ago

US Orders Social Media Checks For Some Visa Applicants

Embassies are ordered to carry out social media reviews for anyone who has been present in IS-controlled territories, with much…

8 years ago

ICO: Councils ‘Have Work To Do’ Ahead Of GDPR

'Concerning' shortcomings include the lack of mandatory data protection training at many local authorities, the ICO said

8 years ago

Facebook Policy Bans Use Of Data For ‘Surveillance’

Facebook now restricts developers from using data for surveillance purposes, after police were found to be using the data to…

8 years ago

Sir Tim Berners-Lee Calls For Curbs On ‘Fake News’ And Data Abuse

The British web inventor urged more effective regulation of targeted political adverts drawing on vast stores of personal data

8 years ago

Amazon Hands Over Contested Echo Data In Murder Trial

Amazon has provided prosecutors access to Echo recordings in the latest case to raise questions on the privacy implications of…

8 years ago

ICO To Probe Data Analytics Use In Brexit Campaign

The information commissioner is to investigate whether citizens' data was used illegally by the Leave.eu campaign ahead of the Brexit…

8 years ago

Smart Stuffed Toys Leak Data On 800,000 Users

The CloudPets user database was stored unprotected online, and weak passwords meant hackers could access stored children's messages

8 years ago

Information Commissioner Calls For Businesses To Restore Trust With GDPR

Speakers also pinpoint GDPR as the start of an industry revolution

8 years ago

NHS Loses Half A Million Patient Documents

The NHS has admitted thousands of patients may have been affected by the loss of records that went undelivered over…

8 years ago

EU Still ‘Concerned’ Over Windows 10’s Aggressive Data Collection

Regulators say Microsoft is collecting too much information on Windows users without informing them how that data is being used

8 years ago

NCSC: UK Bombarded By State Cyber-Attacks

The UK is hit by dozens of serious threats to national cyber-security each month, says NCSC head Ciaran Martin

8 years ago

EU Data Protection Authorities Confirm Google Cloud Compliance

Google celebrates "important milestone" as cloud platform meets European regulatory requirements

8 years ago

US House Approves Bill Requiring Warrant To Search Old Emails

Tech companies urged the Senate to back the measure tightening controls on law enforcement email searches

8 years ago

Telcos Hope To Erode US Customer Privacy Protection But EU Privacy Shield Is Safe

UK and EU privacy regulators expressed concern over the new US administration's data-protection policies

8 years ago

Cisco, Bosch Back IoT Blockchain Consortium

The group aims to develop blockchain-based systems for areas from logistics to regulated industries

8 years ago

Brexit: Microsoft Could Cancel UK Data Centre Expansion

UPDATED: Microsoft's UK government affairs manage says the Brexit could affect the company's data centre expansion plans, but Redmond refutes…

8 years ago

Yahoo Data Breach ‘Affects 3,000 Australian Government Figures’

Australian media have identified government officials, MPs, judges and high-ranking federal police amongst those affected

8 years ago

Patient Data At Risk As Cyber Attack Hits Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health, which operates five London hospitals, said ransomware was not behind the disruption

8 years ago

Airport Gate Screens ‘Exposes Personal Data’ Of Passengers

A public gate display at a European airport exposed passenger names and booking codes, according to Symantec researcher found

8 years ago

Google Cloud Increases Encryption Push With Key Management Service

New beta tool for Google Cloud seeks to simplify encryption key management

8 years ago

ICO Slaps Insurers RSA With £150,000 Fine After Data Protection ‘Failure’

An unencrypted hard drive containing customer's names, addresses and bank account details was stolen

8 years ago

ICO Confirms It Breached Data Rules Multiple Times

My bad! Britain's data watchdog find itself guilt of failing to safeguard public data

8 years ago

Ashley Madison Parent Company Slapped With £1.3m Fine Over Data Breach

The adultery site's parent company is to pay the FTC $1.6m for deceptive marketing practices and the lack of basic…

8 years ago

NHS Hospitals Putting Data At Risk With Outdated Windows XP

NHS Trusts have been caught running thousands of outdated and unsupported Windows XP machines, despite a developing threat landscape and…

8 years ago

NHS Royal Free London Signs Five-Year Deal With Google’s DeepMind

The revised deal for DeepMind's Streams app still gives it access to millions of patients' data going back years

8 years ago

Data Protection Breach Cases Set To Soar With GDPR Introduction

Legal experts expect disputes related to privacy or data breaches to become much more common in the next five years

8 years ago