Privacy
Mark Zuckerberg's EU Parliament grilling labelled 'missed opportunity' for failing to answer questions
European Parliament criticised for letting Zuckerberg off the hook
Police use of Amazon's facial recognition software alarms civil liberties group
ACLU voices concern about the effects of automated surveillance
Basic website flaw reveals real-time locations of most US mobile users
API authentication flaw in third-party tracking site demo allows anyone with rudimentary skills to track phone locations
Ticketmaster developing facial recognition system that could replace tickets
System will need exceptionally low level of false positives and negatives to be viable
Apres GDPR, le déluge: 40 per cent of consumers plan subject access requests within six months of GDPR coming in
Almost half of consumers plan to make data privacy requests when GDPR comes into force later this month
Publishers angered by Google's GDPR data-collection demands
Google is pushing its GDPR obligations onto publishers, claims leaked letter
Most firms are still not compliant with GDPR despite looming deadline, says study
A large majority of businesses is still unprepared for GDPR, says study
Two million drivers to be affected by DVLA's new GDPR rules
New privacy rules a 'mammoth task' for fleet drivers and managers
Avast details how CCleaner attackers compromised developer workstation in security breach last year
Password re-use weakness enabled attackers to compromise developer's TeamViewer software
US Homeland Security uncover electronic surveillance devices in use in Washington DC
IMSI catchers in the US capital appear to be ordinary cell towers, but are intercepting phone calls
AggregateIQ accused of using purloined Facebook data to target US voters
AgreggateIQ is latest company to be drawn into Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal
Mark Zuckerberg refuses to appear before Parliamentary select committee investigating Facebook data practices
Zuckerberg to send flunky to give evidence to Parliamentary select committee
Civil rights groups criticise new US law which increases international snooping powers
Much-criticised CLOUD Act becomes law without a debate, makes it easier for authorities to seize private data on their citizens without a warrant
Telegram loses appeal to stop Russian spies from accessing user data
Russian spies can continue to collect Telegram's encryption keys, rules court.
ICO to slap Cambridge Analytica with search warrant
Elizabeth Denham seeking urgent warrant to investigate major data breach
UK government delays erection of age-checks for porn sites
Concern over security and privacy of third-party age-verification for porn sites forces delay
'Sell patients' medical information for cash? Why not?' say 18 per cent of US healthcare staff
Accenture survey finds one-in-five employees in healthcare sector would flog patient data for $1,000
Banks demand decryption option as part of forthcoming TLS 1.3 web security standard
New TLS 1.3 web security standard might clash with banks' regulatory compliance requirements, financial institutions claim
Microsoft calls on congress to support its campaign against the US Department of Justice
Microsoft's legal boss Brad Smith says American lawmakers are undermining international privacy rights
Businessman takes Google to court over 'right to be forgotten' ruling
Google argues removing pages from search results would be 'rewriting history'
FedEx left hundreds of thousands of personal records exposed on unsecured S3 server
The information included passport scans, drivers' licenses and medical insurance cards
GDPR: 100 days to go - will you be ready in time?
With time running out, what are the key compliance lessons organisations can learn from other IT leaders?
Facebook's use of personal data is illegal, German court rules
Berlin legislators uphold complaint of German consumer groups about Facebook's privacy Ts&Cs
South Korea investigating claims that North Korea was behind $533m Coincheck hack
South Korea points finger of blame for Coincheck hack on North Korea
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