Facebook’s German subsidiary was issued a fine of 51,000 euros for failing to appoint a data protection officer under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Hamburg […]
#Privacy: Hamburg DPA fines Facebook’s German unit
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Google Advises Android Developers to Encrypt App Data On Device
Google today published a blog post recommending mobile app developers to encrypt data that their apps generate on the users’ devices, especially when they use unprotected external […]
#Privacy: Met Police commissioner slams facial recognition critics
Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) annual security lecture, the head of London’s Metropolitan Police defended the force’s uses of live facial recognition (LFR). Met […]
#Privacy: Google reveals the first results of new malware detection AI
Google has announced that since the launch of its new malware scanner, detection rate has increased significantly by 150%. In a blog post, Google said that the […]
#Privacy: Battling the rise of the deepfakes
Deepfake videos are becoming commonplace. So much so that you may have come across one without realising. Today, over 15,000 deepfakes are reportedly lurking online. While being […]
#Privacy: Ordnance Survey suffers data breach
The personal data of 1,000 employees from the government-owned UK mapping agency has been compromised. Ordnance Survey confirmed the breach to Verdict, explaining that it had discovered […]
#Privacy: Public Sector security undermined by complexity, insider threats and privileged user overkill
IT management software provider, SolarWinds has announced the findings of its sixth annual Public Sector Cybersecurity Survey Report. “Complexity is a big theme in this year’s survey,” said Brandon […]
#Privacy: More diversity needed in cybersecurity recruitment
Cybersecurity teams continue to struggle with hiring and retention, and very little improvement has been achieved in these areas since last year, according to new global research from […]
#Privacy: Despite cybersecurity confidence, organisations discover data stored in unprotected locations
Cybersecurity vendor Netwrix, has released its 2020 Data Risk & Security Report which studies how organizations treat sensitive and regulated data during each stage of its lifecycle. Conducted to […]
#Privacy: Two-fifths of global companies have suffered a mobile-security related compromise
A new report has found that a large number of organisations are still compromising mobile security to get things done, leaving entities at risk. The third annual […]
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