Last Thursday, South Korea’s media regulator announced that it will be conducting an investigation on Google’s user data management practices. KCC's Privacy Infringement Investigation Division chief said that it plans to summon representatives of Google Korea to determine the exact circumstances regarding the secret collection of...
Group managing director of Jardine OneSolution Mark Lunt recently revealed that malls and similar establishments are now using facial recognition to collect data on consumer demographics. Lunt says that the IT company has helped companies in the retail sector install technology that profiles customers. According to...
In a briefing to the incoming justice minister, Privacy Commissioner John Edwards stated that New Zealand’s privacy laws are failing to keep up with international standards and are thus, in need of immediate reform. Edwards also revealed that more that 100 recommendations made way back in...
Social media users have criticized the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for blocking websites that have reported on the biggest data leak in the country. Netizens noted that the MCMC previously asked Lowyat.net to take down the article which brought the breach to light....
ProtonMail, an email client popular with privacy-focused users, will now come with additional security enhancements. The Swiss-based startup says that the ProtonMail v3.12 will feature a zero-access encrypted contacts manager which will also digitally sign the contact info entered into it. This feature may come...
The recent data breach disclosure by Uber has brought attention to provisions in the GDPR which state that public and private companies operating in the EU will be subject to fines should they fail to report breaches that involve personal data. The penalties can go up...
A new security feature which will warn users if a site has had a data breach may soon be added to Firefox. The feature will use data from breach verification website “Have I Been Pwned?”. Site owner Troy Hunt revealed that he has been working with...
Last Thursday, a number of EU lawmakers showed strong support for plans on controlling the export of spying technology that could be used by governments to suppress activists. It is said that the EU considers cyber-surveillance technology to be a threat to security and human...
Regulators in various countries are now cracking down on embattled ride-hailing firm Uber after it disclosed that it had paid hackers $100,000 to keep a massive data breach last year under wraps. In a blogpost, new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed that the incident led to...
Tech website Quartz recently revealed that Google has admitted to collecting user location data even when the feature is turned off. The article says that most Android phones began to collect addresses of nearby cellular towers since January 2017. The location data is then sent...