As Meta reels from €390 million EU fine, the 'personalized ads' case might not be over, Max Schrem’s legal group says Lengthy privacy notices included in a social media platform's terms of service can do little to help it comply with transparency requirements under European law, according to …
Reporters work from home as publication promises Thursday's print edition will hit newstands on time UK broadsheet media outlet The Guardian has become the victim of a ransomware attack which seems to have taken out a large chunk of office-based systems.... [...]
Pitches storage, cloudy software compliance to twitchy EU customers thinking about GDPR Microsoft has confirmed that from the beginning of 2023, it will introduce an EU Data Boundary solution designed to help customers in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association comply with legislation including the General …
Campaigners say it's unlikely to pass a test in the courts, though The EU has issued a draft decision agreeing that measures taken by the United States ensure sufficient protection for personal data to be transferred from the region to US companies.... [...]
The latest idea in the long gestation of the online harms legislation The UK government is putting forward changes to the law which would require social media platforms to give users the option to avoid seeing and engaging with harmful — but legal — content.... [...]
As social media giant grapples with Musk takeover, a safe pair of hands reaches for the door Troubled social media giant Twitter has lost the services of its chief information and security officer to cap off another chaotic week following its acquisition by Elon Musk.... [...]
As social media giant grapples with Musk takeover, a safe pair of hands reaches for the door Troubled social media giant Twitter has lost the services of its chief information security officer to cap off another chaotic week following its acquisition by Elon Musk.... [...]
Home Secretary 'nominally in charge' of nation's security apologizes for breach of tech protocols The UK's Home Secretary – the minister in charge of policing and internal security – has been forced to apologize for breaching IT security protocols in government.... [...]
They probably shouldn't be connected in the first place, says database expert Only a third of PostgreSQL databases connected to the internet use SSL for encrypted messaging, according to a cloud database provider.... [...]
'Enterprise immune system' sees share price slump US private equity investor Thoma Bravo has pulled out of its planned takeover of Darktrace, causing shares in the UK cybersecurity company to plummet.... [...]
Culture secretary talks up pre-Commons reading as UK waits to hear who new leader will be On the day the UK is set to appoint its new prime minister, digital and culture secretary Nadine Dorries is introducing legislation in Parliament she promises will “drop unnecessary box-ticking and measures stifling …
Britain's National Data Guardian report also warns NHS needs to earn people’s trust, support for controversial data platform As the NHS in England is set to launch a competition for a far-reaching patient data platform, a public consultation has said decisions about health data sharing should not be …
Biden blacklist a stumbling block for any possible deal US security technology provider L3Harris has courted controversial Israeli spyware firm NSO with an aim to buy it, according to reports.... [...]
UK wants to follow US move to stop sales from equipment manufacturers A group of politicians and lawmakers in the UK have backed a campaign to ban the sale of CCTV systems made by companies alleged to introduce potential security issues as well as being linked to human rights …
Blockchain not as decentralised as many assume, finds Pentagon sponsored research US government sponsored research is casting new light on the security of blockchain technology, including the assertion that a subset of a distributed ledger's participants can gain control over the entire system.... [...]
Campaigners fear erosion of rights as narrowing of law proposed as well as political control over independent watchdog The UK government has published its plans for reforming local data protection law which includes removing the requirement for consent for all website cookies – akin to the situation across much of …
Over a year after discussions began, National Data Guardian continues to pursue transparency in health data use More than two years after England launched a COVID data store, keeping details of National Health Service (NHS) patients, the country's National Data Guardian (NDG) remains unsatisfied with who is accessing the …
Schrems III on the cards unless negotiators protect better oversight of US data access requests European privacy campaigner Max Schrems is warning that enhancements to the EU-US Privacy Shield data-sharing arrangements might face a legal challenge if negotiators don't take a new approach.... [...]
Users claim lack of transparency following compromise of Github tokens Efforts by Salesforce-owned cloud platform Heroku to manage a recent security incident are turning into a bit of a disaster, according to some users.... [...]
Two teenagers arrested as part of police probe into extortion group British police have charged two teenagers as part of an international investigation into the Lapsus$ cyber extortion gang.... [...]
As England's controversial scheme to grab 55 million citizen's medical data is withdrawn, emergency powers are extended Concerns are being raised over UK government proposals to extend emergency powers introduced during the pandemic, giving it access to patient data held by general practitioners (GPs).... [...]
Database dump accessible via the OData protocol, but software giant says it's working as intended A website for SAP's Customer Influence programs is exposing member data, creating the possibility for targeted social-engineering attacks.... [...]
IT and data arm now part of NHS England, which could be pressured into data sharing without proper oversight Ten months after attempts first began to extract the medical information of 55 million citizens in England, NHS Digital's former chairman is warning the merger of the agency with NHS …
Fresh data transfer pact in the works for spring The State of the Net conference in Washington, DC, has heard officials representing the EU and the US say they believe they are close to reaching a data-sharing agreement to replace Privacy Shield.... [...]
Sector also sees record level of investment, according to government-backed research The UK government is claiming a record year for revenue in the cybersecurity sector saying the industry generated £10.1bn.... [...]