New data protection laws intended to protect citizens' privacy, which could see internet companies forced to pay out up to €100m (£85m) in fines if they fail to comply, have been given the go ahead by Members of the European ...
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Not to be outdone by compteitor Samsung, South Korean electronics giant LG, recently announced it has started mass producing OLED smartphones screens for phones to be launched on the market by 2014, according to reports by BBC, the Verge, ...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his Yahoo counterpart Marissa Mayer have both commented on the NSA Prism revelations, insisting that both web firms did as much as they could to resist governmental demands to reveal personal data of users. ...
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A U.S. appeals court upheld a district court decision that Google’s collection of data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks under its Street View program is not exempt from federal wiretap laws. Google’s data collection does not ...
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With its $7.2 billion agreement to buy Nokia’s handset business, Microsoft is in a position to surpass Apple and Android smartphone makers in providing an enterprise-class mobile platform, experts say. However, whether Microsoft is ...
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GP practices could be investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if they fail to warn patients that identifiable data will be extracted from their electronic health records to be used by the National Health Service (NHS) ...
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A skeptical but mostly respectful crowd of Black Hat security attendees Wednesday listened intently as National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander defended controversial U.S. surveillance programs in a keynote address. The nearly ...
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Fiberlink?, the leader in cloud-based enterprise mobility management (EMM), announced the results of its online survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, which reveal employees are unknowingly putting enterprise data at risk. Among 2,064 ...
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The US has blocked proposals for tough new global rules intended to reduce the tax avoidance policies of multinational companies, such as Apple, Amazon and Google. Instead, watered down proposals will be presented to the G20 summit this ...
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In spite of assertions by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and others that the age of privacy is over, new research commissioned by civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has revealed that over three quarters of consumers globally ...
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Earlier this year, I wrote about how I considered the ICO's meagre £250,000 fine handed out to Sony for losing control of its servers and risking the theft of every man, woman and child's data on there as "a slap on the wrist". ...
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Google is not obligated to delete sensitive data from its search index, despite being subject to EU privacy legislation. That's the view of a top adviser to the European Court of Justice about a case concerning whether individuals can ...
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U.S. consumers should be able to reclaim control of their personal data from data brokers, websites and other companies, a member of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. Commissioner Julie Brill, a long-time privacy advocate, ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has served Google with an enforcement notice regarding the collection of data by the web firm's Street View cars. The decision follows an investigation into Google which found its collection of ...
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France's data protection authority has given Google three months to change the way it handles users' private data, or face legal sanctions. The order, made on June 10 and published Thursday, is the result of a formal investigation begun ...