A request by the ICANN, the owner of WHOIS, for a delay to comply with the GDPR had reportedly been turned down this week. The site was forced to remove information such as contact names, email addresses, and phone numbers that journalists and police often...
Privacy campaigners recently took aim at Facebook once more, accusing the social network of using a trick to make users agree to its new privacy policy. Considered to be Facebook’s nemesis, activist Max Schrems launched another complaint against the company which says that the two...
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel took some shots at Facebook this week when he said in his speech at Recode’s Code Conference that the social network should also copy Snap’s data protection practices. Spiegel has been a longtime critic of Facebook and has been accusing the company...
The House of Representatives ratified last Wednesday the bicameral conference committee report on the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) or the national ID system which seeks to provide Filipinos a single means of identification that will replace a number of other government-issued IDs. The bill is now...
It was reported that hundreds of “black tech” or cutting-edge surveillance tech dominated this year’s China International Exhibition on Police Equipment in Beijing. It is said that the exhibition underscored the extent to which Chinese authorities are using technology to monitor and punish behavior that goes...
A new privacy law that focuses on data brokers recently came into effect in the state of Vermont, requiring such entities to register with the state, take security standard measures, and notify the authorities about breaches. World Privacy Forum director Pam Dixon said that data...
The National Privacy Commission recently stated that it is supporting the establishment of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), saying that a national ID system will help Filipinos gain access to public and private sector services which require proof of identity. NPC chief Raymund Enriquez Liboro said...
Chen Yinjiang, deputy secretary-general of the China Consumer Protection Law Society, recently said in an interview that a significant number of mobile phone apps are fraught with security issues. Likewise, a report from Tencent Holdings and the Data Centre of China Internet established that more than...
China’s most popular social platform, WeChat, has recently launched a new set of privacy rules as part of a wider overhaul to protect user data and comply with the GDPR. In addition to the strict rules already in place, the company has introduced new rules focusing...
In his speech at the National Data Privacy Conference this week, Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go confirmed that the Duterte Administration is committed to enforcing the Data Privacy Act of 2012. As the event’s guest of honor, Go also urged the public...