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Microsoft Will Introduce Message Encryption for Its Cloud-Based Office 365 Service
Nov 26, 2013Microsoft has announced that it will introduce message encryption for its cloud-based Office 365 service in early 2014. Dubbed Office 365 Message Encryption, the system will automatically encrypt email to anyone outside a company ...
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U.S. Senators Have in a Federal Court Filing Questioned The Claim of NSA
Nov 25, 2013Three prominent U.S. senators have in a federal court filing questioned the claim of the National Security Agency that its bulk collection of phone records is required for intelligence purposes. The brief argues that after extensive ...
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Edward Snowden's Disclosures About NSA Collection of Massive Amounts of Personal Data
Nov 17, 2013Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
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Apple Have Revealed The Amount of User Information
Nov 7, 2013Apple have revealed the amount of user information that governments have requested from the California giant, as it?sought to set itself apart from Silicon Valley competitors whose businesses are built on amassing personal data. Apple ...
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Proposals in Congress Would Compromise The Agency's Ability to Find and Track Terrorists
Nov 6, 2013Proposals in Congress to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records would compromise the agency's ability to find and track terrorists, representatives of the intelligence community said Monday. The USA ...
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VMware Will Need "Several Data Centres" in Europe to Satisfy Data Privacy Legislation
Oct 15, 2013Virtualisation giant VMware will need "several data centres" in Europe to satisfy data privacy legislation across the EU and to allay any fears customers have over data location, according to VMware's senior vice president of hybrid cloud ...
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HP Is Still in The Market for Technology Industry Acquisitions
Aug 23, 2013HP CEO Meg Whitman has revealed that the company is still in the market for technology industry acquisitions - but "only" up to $1.5bn in value. Speaking in a US television interview after unveiling lacklustre financial results, Whitman ...
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HP's Revenues Are Continuing to Fall as Expected by Analysts' Consensus Estimates
Aug 23, 2013HP's revenues are continuing to fall, with its third-quarter results showing a decline of eight per cent to $27.2bn - as expected by analysts' (well managed) consensus estimates. All sectors registered falling revenues compared to the ...
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HP CEO Has Reshuffled Her Senior Team in Advance of The Announcement
Aug 23, 2013HP CEO Meg Whitman has reshuffled her senior team in advance of the announcement of what is expected to be lacklustre financial results later today. Chief operating officer Bill Veghte will replace Dave Donatelli as head of HP's ...
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NSA Was Acquiring Thousands of Digital Communications From Americans
Aug 22, 2013The National Security Agency was acquiring thousands of digital communications from Americans as of 2011, according to a declassified document from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The glimpse of the NSA's surveillance on ...
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Internet Surveillance by The National Security Agency Has Shifted Companies' Priorities
Aug 19, 2013Internet surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), leaked to the media by ex-contractor Edward Snowden, has shifted companies' priorities when sizing up cloud services providers in and outside the U.S., experts say. The economic ...
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Surveillance Has Been at The Center of a Privacy Controversy After Its Former Contractor
Aug 16, 2013The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday launched a review of whether the country uses optimally advancements in technology to protect its national security while preventing unauthorized disclosure and maintaining public ...
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Privacy and Digital Rights Groups Dug in for a Longer Fight Against Surveillance Programs
Aug 2, 2013Privacy and digital rights groups have dug in for a longer fight against massive surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, even after the House of Representatives voted last week against an amendment to curtail the ...
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Lawmakers Say NSA Phone Records Exceeded Their Legal Authority to Conduct Surveillance
Jul 23, 2013The U.S. National Security Agency and Department of Justice exceeded their legal authority to conduct surveillance when collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. residents, several U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday. Several members ...
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HP to Put up a Fight for Its Customers' Data If US Authorities Came Calling to Access It
Jul 5, 2013HP would put up a fight for its customers' data if the US authorities came calling to access it, according to HP's privacy officer EMEA, Daniel Pradelles. The US Patriot Act enables authorities in the US to seize data if they believe it ...