Data encryption could help enterprises protect their sensitive information against mass surveillance by governments, as well as guard against unauthorized access by ill-intended third parties, but the correct implementation and use of data ...
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A U.S. House of Representatives committee failed to make the changes necessary to allay fears about government surveillance in a controversial cyberthreat sharing bill that's moving toward a House vote, critics said. The House ...
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Improving users' experiences is no justification for using consumer information in big data projects, according to Europe's top data protection officials. The Article 29 Working Group, which includes the data protection supervisors from ...
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Three U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to provide more protection from government surveillance for people who store data in the cloud. The Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act would require U.S. law enforcement ...
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Governments around the world are requesting more information about internet users than ever before. That's according to statistics released by Google in its latest bi-annual transparency report. In the second half of 2012, the operator ...
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U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned the legitimacy of a law allowing a secretive government surveillance program and the assertion by a government lawyer that some groups couldn't challenge the law in court because they don't ...
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IDG News Service - The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit seeking details about U.S. National Security Agency surveillance of email and telephone calls, with the lawsuit raising concerns that the agency has illegally ...
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Google has released its latest transparency report in which it details the extent to which public bodies have requested the removal of content and the amount of requests it has received for access to its users' private information. ...
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Tuesday's election leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress.In many longstanding technology debates,policy experts see little movement forward,although lawmakers may look for ...
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