The increasing dependence on technology in today’s world has also paved the way for increasingly innovative ways to threaten the safety of the people and organizations using the same technology. Attackers can access and misuse...
Ireland’s privacy regulator has fined WhatsApp a record amount for breaking European Union data protection rules. It said the company had failed to give users transparency about how their data would be used. Ireland’s Data...
Are EU citizens protected enough from US surveillance when Facebook transfers their personal data? The job of answering that question now lies with Europe’s top court, despite Facebook’s bid to block the case. A landmark...
Welcome to Digital Empowerment 101. By the end of this article, you will have learned how to harness your personal data to regain your financial freedom and live the life you’ve always dreamed of. Ladies...
“Move fast and break things” is a famous Facebook corporate motto. The recent data breach scandal has certainly seen trust broken fast, especially among users. Will it leak into Facebook’s key revenue source? It is...
Germany’s federal cartel office has warned Facebook about exploiting user data, and mooted sanctions if the internet giant does not change methods. Facebook has a two-thirds market share among social networks in Germany. Germany’s federal...
There’s no let up among German consumer rights organizations who want technology firms to respect privacy and data protection laws. This week, Samsung’s in the dock over one of its Internet-enabled TVs. Alas, we should...
It’s a tale of many sides. Most often we only get the positives of digitalization, while those speaking for the negative are hauled off to a padded cell. But a Berlin summit wants us all...
The German subsidiary of British mobile operator Vodafone has been attacked by a hacker, who has reportedly stolen a huge amount of customer data. Police suspect that a contracted IT specialist carried out the attack....
Mobile devices let us do more than just stay connected. They can help us track and log every aspect of our lives. But what does storing your ‘quantified self’ online mean for privacy? Who knows...
Internet giant Google has been told to improve privacy for its clients by France’s data protection agency, CNIL, or face fines. The agency says Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain plan similar action. France’s...
