Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Privacy.
In a judgment of the District Court of Amsterdam, it was decided that fingerprinting for access to company data or locations should not be compulsory without a fight. The reason for the judgment is that such an obligation is contrary to the Dutch Privacy Act. An employee of the shoe retailer Man... Read more
5 years ago
Kaspersky's antivirus software made it possible for websites to track users for many years. The software injected JavaScript code on every website in every browser on a test laptop. The German journalist Ronald Eikenberg discovered this from ct. The JavaScript also contained an ID number that was... Read more
5 years ago
Axis announces in a press release that the company is launching Axis Live Privacy Shield, an edge analytics product for cameras. With this software it is possible to mask people in video streams for privacy reasons. The software makes people unrecognizable in real-time in video streams. This will m... Read more
5 years ago
Thales has launched Gemalto Digital ID Wallet. This solution makes it possible for governments to issue a secure digital version of ID cards and driving licences. Users can use these identifiers on their smartphone. Gemalto Digital ID Wallet makes it possible for Dutch people to identify themselves ... Read more
5 years ago
Microsoft lets contractors' employees listen to audio recordings of Skype calls. These are specifically conversations that are translated with the Translate service. Also, voice commands to the intelligent voice service Cortana are listened to by human employees of the tech giant. Skype's website do... Read more
5 years ago
The mobile apps for Microsoft Office and Windows 10 Enterprise do not yet meet the privacy requirements set by the central government. This is evident from a privacy impact assessment by Privacy Company, commissioned by the Strategic Supplier Management Microsoft Rijk (SLM Rijk). The central governm... Read more
5 years ago
The UK authorities have made unauthorised copies of data stored in a European database to track undocumented migrants, missing persons, stolen cars and suspected criminals. It concerns data from the Schengen Information System (SIS), writes ZDNet. This is a European Union database containing informa... Read more
5 years ago
According to the European Court of Justice, websites that contain a like-button from Facebook are co-responsible for the collection of data. These websites are also responsible for sending the data to the social network. The decision was made in a case about the German website Fashion ID, NU.nl writ... Read more
5 years ago
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Facebook $5 billion for various privacy scandals. In addition, the social medium must take various measures to prevent future problems. The fine follows an investigation by the FTC, which began after it became clear that Cambridge Analytica misused the da... Read more
5 years ago
The Fraud Helpdesk may no longer collect examples of phishing and other forms of fraud from the Authority for Personal Data. The reason is that the organisation does not have its homework in order. The Fraud Helpdesk is an independent foundation that provides information about phishing and other for... Read more
5 years ago
