Earlier this week, a software startup called AgentRun had reportedly exposed highly sensitive insurance policy data by leaving its Amazon S3 storage bucket completely open and unsecured without a password. Run by Chicago-based ex-independent insurance broker Andrew Lech, the startup kept thousands of files of broker...
The National Privacy Commission is set to launch a campaign seeking to raise awareness on how Filipinos might be placing their information at risk through online services. The Commission said that their “PSST” or Privacy, Safety, Security and Trust online campaign which will run for one...
Microsoft announced earlier this week that it will be extending the EU’s new privacy rules to all of its users around the world. This will mean that all users, regardless of location, will have new Data Subject Rights, such as the right to obtain data a...
Earlier this week, Amazon defended its position to provide US police with its facial recognition technology, saying that "quality of life would be much worse" if technologies are not used because of how they can be abused by others. This was said in response to criticisms...
Earlier this week, the FBI had reportedly denied a request made by ZDNet under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to find out how many of their investigations had suffered because of device encryption. The agency had recently made a statement that complained that thousands...
Apple had recently launched its updated Data and Privacy tools to help Apple users download a copy of the apps and services data the company holds on them. The move is seen as another effort for the company to comply with the strict requirements of...
In a recent interview, Israeli company Jenovice Cyber Labs revealed that it is now selling an “autonomous surveillance system” capable of monitoring entire metropolitan areas to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The company says that its Metropolink system is able to locate, list, map, track,...
In a recent interview, head of regulation, data and information at the law firm Winckworth Sherwood Toni Vitale said that a vast majority of GDPR emails asking for consent are unnecessary and may even be illegal. Vitale pointed out that most businesses are seeking renewed...
Google is reportedly being collectively sued in the UK for secretly tracking and collecting the personal data of around 4.4 million iPhone users. According to the campaign group Google You Owe Us, the US tech giant had harvested information such as race, physical and mental...
It was revealed earlier this week that US telco giant Comcast had reportedly exposed the passwords of customers using Xfinity-provided wireless routers in plaintext online. According to the security researchers who reported the issue, anyone with the customer’s account number and street address number, which...