Electronics giant Sony has been fined by Britain's data watchdog for a breach that compromised the personal information of millions of customers using PlayStation video games consoles. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK ...
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US law enforcement has announced charges against three alleged East European cyber thieves accused of stealing banking information from computers across Europe and the US, including at the space agency NASA. The "alleged international ...
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According to the related information, the preliminary accounting results of GDP in 2012 are as follows: Preliminary Accounting Results of GDP in 2012 The Q/Q Growth Rate on GDP Annotations: Quarterly GDP Accounting ...
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The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) will help provide tools to governments and businesses to better protect themselves online. The EC3 will focus on illegal online activities by organised crime groups and will place a significant amount ...
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In accordance with the accounting procedures of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to the 2011 Statistical Yearbook and departmental accounting, financial accounts data, on the basis of the preliminary verification, the NBS made ...
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In the wake of Instagram's announcement on privacy and terms of services changes, Camera360, an industry leader, has pledged to protect and uphold user privacy. "Our top priority is protecting the privacy and security of our users' ...
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3M, a global innovation company, will be exhibiting at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show(CES) on January 8-11 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 3M will feature new products that help the mobile worker go anywhere and do more. ...
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UPDATE 12/19/12: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom responded to user concerns yesterday in a blog post that said, among other things, "The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement. ...
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Mobile application developers should minimize privacy surprises for their customers by limiting their data collection and retention and giving users access to the data collected,California Attorney General Kamala Harris has recommended. ...
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(Pound 6.8bn). So say financial researchers at Greencrest Capital. While this speculative estimate might be little more than a post-Christmas 'what-if', it nonetheless opens an interesting window into the fortunes of the enduringly ...
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New laws coming into effect this year will ban employers from demanding access to prospective and current employee social networking accounts. Facebook had announced in March 2012 that it was receiving a "distressing increase in reports" ...
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Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their ...
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Computerworld-SAN DIEGO--In three to six months,SAP plans to ship software designed to separate business data from users'personal information on smartphones and tablets,the head of the enterprise software maker's mobility unit said on ...
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IDG News Service-Dutch ministries can keep using social networking tool Yammer for internal communication despite worries in the parliament that data could secretly be seized by U.S.law enforcement agencies under the U.S.Patriot ...
Illinois has become the third state in the country to pass a law prohibiting companies from asking employees and job candidates for usernames and passwords to their social media accounts. Illinois Gov.Patrick Quinn signed the bill ...