Tuesday, March 27, 2012
FTC calls for Do-Not-Track tool U.S. consumer protection agency continues to urge Internet providers and advertising companies to adopt voluntary code of conduct on the use of personal information
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Security event covers cards, PINs and fingerprints Sentry Metrics Inc. event looks at challenges facing enterprises dealing with security breaches, password overloads, and dodgy outsourcing
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Will Megaupload's 28 petabytes of data be deleted? Megaupload's hosting provider, Carpathia, wants to get rid of it, saying it costs US$9,000 a day to maintain
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Why Hackers Set Their Sights on Small Businesses New security report reveals that 97 percent of all breaches were avoidable. Here are some tips to keep your business out of trouble
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Hacktivism leading cause of compromised data : Verizon Over 100 million records were compromised as a result of hacktivism in 2011, according to a Verizon study
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
US, EU to take different approaches on privacy Panel discusses the different ways major governments are tackling the sticky question of protecting personal information from online sources
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Google's new privacy policy breaks European law: French French data privacy regulator issues warning, but the search engine giant is determined its new policy will come into effect as planned
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Experts: Trust in Google is 'funny' and 'strange' Cryptography experts say the general public have some curious notions of what data security means
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
UK wants ISPs, telcos to store subscriber data Newspaper says government about to require carriers and operators to keep information about subscriber communications 
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Government unveils new lawful access legislation Internet and wireless carriers still unsure if they'll have to carry a heavy burden of costs for adding equipment to comply with law
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
EU to stengthen its cybersecurity watchdog Committee votes to extend life of the European Network and Information Security Agency, whose goal is ensure the EU's IT security
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
U.S. suit raises questions about email privacy at work Staff say they had "explicit permission" to use their government-issued computers for personal purposes. Also, a Toronto lawyer gives her view on law in Canada 
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Student privacy activists due to meet with Facebook The meeting on Feb. 6 aims to resolve disagreements over privacy issues between the group and Facebook
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Twitter's country-specific blocking brings hazards, hope Willingness to remove tweets at a government's request alarms some, although the company says it will disclose when it happens
Friday, January 27, 2012
Proposed ISP access law threat to privacy, say groups Pressure on Conservative government increases with the expected re-introduction of government bill giving police the ability to ask for subscriber information
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Dutch MP: Ban surveillance tech to despotic regimes Call in the Netherlands echoed by Europe's digital agenda commissioner, who says this is both a legal and moral issue
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
EU takes action on Hungary's poor data protection Commission worries the country's new consitution doesn't guarantee the independence of the data protection authority
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
U.K. retailers warned EU cookie legislation is coming Law gives people greater choice about whether they want their online behaviour to be tracked. To comply, online retailers need to have a way to get user consent
Monday, January 09, 2012
Rickroll emails didn't come from me, Stratfor CEO Stratfor customers receive phishing emails sent in the company's CEO name following data breach
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
RIM talks to British regulator about porn complaint Following a newspaper report, the BlackBerry maker is working on parental control features that will prevent children from accessing certain Web sites
Friday, December 02, 2011
Skeptics find flaws in Carrier IQ app analysis Although it can see a lot of data, one expert says the company's daemon doesn't appear to access the user interface layer, where text entry is done
Thursday, December 01, 2011
WikiLeaks creating new whistle-blowing platform WikiLeaks also released a study covering companies developing surveillance products
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Privacy rules need updating for cloud: Huawei exec The onset of cloud computing doesn't mean privacy is dead, John Roese told an Ottawa conference, but it has to be re-thought
Monday, November 28, 2011
U of T upgrades e-mail infrastructure using PbD In a lot of cases, making decisions by committee is a great way to sink innovation. However, in the case of U of T, and its project to move e-mail and personal storage into the cloud, it worked and helped focus priorities
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Fake iTunes gift certs could make for a sad Black Friday Security vendor Sophos reports that malware developers are using the lure of a free $50 iTunes gift card to spread malware