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.
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Several popular apps share detailed information with Facebook.
Various apps, including TripAdvisor and MyFitnessPal, share information with Facebook without the user's expli...
Apple changes the way it reports user requests for information
Apple has changed the way it reports requests for information about its users from intelligence services. The ...
IBM denies data loss after possible attack by Chinese hackers
IBM has stated in a statement that it has not lost any sensitive information following a hacking attack by pot...
EU assesses compliance of Licensed buttons with GDPR
The European Court of Justice is discussing enforcing shared data protection responsibilities on websites that...
Facebook gave partner companies access to users’ private messages
Facebook appears to have given certain business partners access to a lot of information about its users. In so...
Very popular HolaVPN poses a huge security risk
Trend Micro warns users of the popular free virtual private network (VPN) provider HolaVPN that they should st...
Facebook bug leaked private pictures of nearly 7 million users
Over the past few months, Facebook has regularly come into disrepute about privacy issues. Now CEO Mark Zucker...
“The Dutch want a hallmark for companies working on smart cities.
A large part of the Dutch population wants the government to create another hallmark. In this way, the governm...
Personal Data Authority received nearly 10,000 complaints about GDPR violations
The number of privacy complaints filed since the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into ...
Amazon wants to open cash-less Amazon Go stores in offices
Amazon opened a compact version of its cash-less Amazon Go store yesterday. The intention is to open more such...