The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has threatened to fine Google, if the web giant doesn't make its privacy policy clearer by September. Failure to provide information about how it uses and stores user data could see Google fined ...
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Microsoft is aiming to boost sales of its Surface tablet computers as it makes the devices available for business customers via the IT channel. In a blog post, director of Microsoft Surface, Cyril Belikoff, said that the software giant ...
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European Union politicians at both national and European levels demanded on Monday that the U.S. answer allegations of spying on E.U. embassies, while others called for asylum for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Speaking on behalf of ...
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Microsoft is launching a channel partner program on Monday to help drive sales of its Surface tablet to companies, schools and other organizations. The program is operational now in the U.S. with a small set of partners and will be ...
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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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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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Businesses risk failure to comply with privacy and data protection laws due to the rise of"regulated data"being accessed via smartphone and tablet devices. So says a new report by independent research firm Ponemon Institute and security ...
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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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More than half (58%) of European mid-sized firms refuse to do business with a company that had suffered a data breach, despite the fact that 41% believe data loss is just an inevitable part of daily business, a new study has revealed. The ...
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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 ...
A recent study of small- and medium-sized businesses in the US and Europe revealed that many of them are facing challenges in implementing back-up and recovery solutions that can help protect their businesses. The study commissioned by ...
Enterprises are under heavy pressure to change their approach to IT security because of a "nexus of forces" that include big data, social networking, mobile and cloud computing, according to Gartner. Ray Wagner, managing vice president of ...
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Now that developers have had a few days to delve into the iOS 7 beta, it's becoming clear that the iPhone version of the software could prove beneficial to enterprises. Many members of the 120-person development team at Solstice Mobile in ...
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Starting in October 2015, all new cars in the European Union would have to be fitted with an eCall device, according to new draft legislation announced Thursday. ECall technology installed in a car automatically dials 112 -- Europe's ...
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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