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Google Is Facing Some Tough Questions From Congress Over Privacy Concerns Raised by Glass
May 21, 2013Google is facing some tough questions from Congress over the privacy concerns raised by Glass, its fledgling augmented reality system for recording and receiving information on the fly. But on the ground at the company's I/O conference for ...
Tags: google, google glass, Computer Products
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FTC Against 29 Affiliate Marketers Accused of Sending Spam Text Messages to Consumers
Mar 12, 2013The Federal Trade Commission is pursuing complaints against 29 affiliate marketers accused of sending "hundreds of millions of unwanted spam text messages" to consumers. The texts enticed recipients with promises of "free" gift cards from ...
Tags: Federal Trade Commission, affiliate marketers, Spam Text Message
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council Has Been Fined £150,000 by The Ico
Feb 19, 2013The Nursing and Midwifery Council has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for breaching the Data Protection Act. Three DVDs containing confidential information about two children went missing during ...
Tags: Data Protection Act, Nursing and Midwifery Council, ICO
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Two U.S. Lawmakers Have Reintroduced a Controversial Cyberthreat Information-Sharing Bill
Feb 17, 2013Two U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill over the objections of some privacy advocates and digital rights groups. As promised, Representatives Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, and C.A. ...
Tags: cyberthreat, digital rights, US
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ICO Claims to Be About Helping Organisations to Do The Right Thing
Dec 31, 2012The Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)claims to be about helping organisations to do the right thing,yet it punishes organisations that report breaches.But does this make sense?Is this really a good policy? The best-known case is the ...
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Twitter Has Filed an Appeal of a New York Judge's June Decision
Dec 25, 2012Twitter has filed an appeal of a New York judge's June decision requiring the company to turn over detailed information about a user tied to the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. Twitter on Monday filed the appeal of the June 30 ruling ...
Tags: Twitter, appeal, New York, judge, user information
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Three Key European Parliamentary Committees Have Voted Against Adopting Acta
Dec 17, 2012Three key European parliamentary committees have voted against adopting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta). The agreement is aimed at setting an international standard for tackling large-scale infringements of intellectual ...
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Some 42% of Lost Devices Do Not Have Any Basic Security Measures in Place
Oct 19, 2012A fifth of lost electronic devices have access to work email,exposing confidential corporate information,a Sophos survey has revealed. Some 42%of lost devices do not have any basic security measures in place,according to a survey ...
Tags: electronic devices, work email, security, Sophos
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The Unique Identifiers of 1 Million Apple iOS Devices Were Stolen
Sep 10, 2012The unique identifiers of 1 million Apple iOS devices that hackers leaked last week were stolen from the servers of a Florida-based digital publishing firm called Bluetoad. Bluetoad develops digital distribution technologies. Its ...
Tags: Apple iOS devices, US, Cybercrime, Hacking
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The Website Was Shut Down After The Paper Alerted Prospects Services
Aug 20, 2012Sensitive personal information about more than 1,000 children has been published on the UK Independent Schools Guide website after an alleged cyber attack. The information was contained in a database of applications for top independent ...
Tags: Sensitive personal information, UK Independent Schools, cyber attack
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NHS Had Published "Sensitive Details" of Over 1,000 Employees
Aug 7, 2012The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Torbay Care Trust (TCT) £175,000 for a data breach it said was "entirely avoidable". The Trust, based in Devon, had published "sensitive details" of over 1,000 employees on its ...