Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
Cloudflare introduces tools to keep data within borders
Cloudflare has unveiled the Data Localisation Suite. The service is intended to help companies comply with le...
‘No new data pact between EU and US for some time’
The United States and Europe will not reach a new agreement in the short term to replace the rejected Privacy...
Android apps still exposed to a severe bug that was fixed in April
Security researchers have seen major Android apps vulnerable to a known flaw that gives attackers access to t...
iPhones hackable through WiFi due to severe vulnerability
A security researcher has managed to build an exploit for iPhones that works via their WiFi connections. This...
Europe wants to work with new US administration on tech governance
The European Union said that it wants to work with the US on a common approach to govern tech and digital mar...
Biden continues China trade ban, shifts emphasis
The next US President, Joe Biden, does not intend to put an end to the trade war his predecessor started with...
Apple and Amazon declined for French initiative “Tech for Good Call”
Amazon and Apple have not signed up to the new French initiative to get global tech giants to comply with pri...
UK government creates Digital Markets Unit to regulate tech companies
The UK government plans to put in place a Digital Markets Unit (DMU) whose sole focus will be the regulation ...
Britain issues ban on new Huawei 5G kit installation
The British government announced that British tech firms would not be allowed to install new Huawei 5G kits a...
Hacker offers access to C-level executives email accounts
On a closed-access underground forum used by Russian hackers, a cybercriminal is selling passwords for email ...