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...
Ghostery, the company behind a privacy-focused browser, may have violated the EU’s new privacy rules when it mistakenly exposed the email addresses of other users in its GDPR-themed notification emails. The recipients were able to see the addresses of other users who were CC’d on the...
It was recently reported that the personal data of 934,000 South Africans may have been leaked online, in addition to the 60 million ID numbers which had been posted publicly around last year. According to cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt who is working with iAfrikan on the...
A new proposal that will require porn sites in the UK to compel users to provide their real ages has sparked concerns from both providers and users who fear that the move may raise privacy risks and may impact independent provider disproportionately. The one-age verification proposal...
NPC commissioner Raymund Liboro said this week that it is ready to address the privacy risks that may be brought by the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) proposal, which is expected to be ratified by Congress. Liboro assured that the Commission is looking to build trust with...
It was reported earlier this week that a flaw in the T-Mobile’s website could have allowed anyone to look up the personal account details of customers just by using a cellphone number. The bug was found in one of T-Mobile’s subdomain which staff use to access...
Austrian activist Max Schrems, who has already been previously involved in a legal battle with Facebook, has recently filed complaints against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for using a “take it or leave it” approach when imposing their terms of service on users. According to Schrems,...