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Read More »The Kazakhstani government takes another step to monitor and control the internet
A new law passed by the Kazakhstani government requires all telecom operators in the country to install a national security certificate on all devises, and will be in effect from January 1. 2016. This certificate will allow the government to monitor all encrypted web traffic going in and out of …
Read More »Facial Recognition Technology Enters the Commercial Market
Facial recognition technology is a biometric which uses measurable characteristics of a person’s face to identify them. This technology has been used by governments and law enforcement agencies to find suspects and wanted individuals for several years now. However, the technology has recently become affordable for other business and can …
Read More »Why Smart Toys Poses the Biggest Privacy Risk of all Your Christmas Presents This Year
As the world becomes more and more technologically advanced, we see this trend morphing into all sections of our lives – including our children’s toys. Smart toys, which connects to the internet, is not only one of the most popular buys of the year – they also pose a huge …
Read More »Internet privacy takes a punch after FTC’s own in-house jugde rules against them – but what does that mean for you?
The chief administrative law judge for the U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled in favor of LabMD, after a complaint by the FTC stating that LabMD has failed to adequately protect their patient’s personal data. The cybersecurity consultant Tiversa discovered a 1,718-page insurance aging report on the peer-to-peer file-sharing network …
Read More »EU confirms Standard Contracts can be Used to Transfer Personal Data Between USA and EU
The EU-commission confirms in a press release that standard contracts issued by the EU will replace the International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles after it was declared invalid by the European Court of Justice early October this year. The agreement has for over fifteen years governed the transfer of personal data …
Read More »Digital warfare: Users of the popular site 4chan quacks up a storm against ISIS
Activists using the social media platform 4chan has launched a relatively innocent attack against ISIS in an attempt to mock and humiliate the extremist militant group. After the hacktivist group Anonymous declared their own war against ISIS there has been a huge number of groups and themes created to mock …
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