Users of Chinese-made Android phone Vivo NEX observed that their device’s camera would pop-up and self-activate when using certain mobile apps. It is said that perhaps unintentionally, the NEX’s camera design has given Chinese users a tangible way of knowing when exactly they are being...
The European Court of Justice ruled this week that in order to be compliant to the GDPR, Jehovah’s Witnesses should obtain consent before taking down personal details when they do door-to-door preaching. Finland was first to ban the religious denomination in 2013 from collecting personal...
A recent poll by Roy Morgan recently established that most Australian consumers are unwilling to act on privacy concerns even though they think it is unacceptable for companies to collect personal data for ad targeting. In a poll consisting of 967 Australians, around 92% found it...
Travel company Thomas Cook recently told the media that it had been hit by a breach which may have exposed sensitive customer details such as names, email addresses, and flight details of customers. The vulnerability was discovered by Norwegian security researcher Roy Solberg, who reported the...
Privacy concerns were raised after it was learned that Israel’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bits of Gold was revealed to have shared information on its largest clients with Israel’s Tax Authority. However, Bits of Gold CEO Youval Rouach said that there is no formal arrangement or agreement...
In letters last Monday, the Republican leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sought to obtain answers from Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Larry Page regarding the details about their smartphone data collection practices. Signed by the committee's chairman and the heads of...
It was revealed this week that litigation funder IMF Bentham Ltd may sue Facebook in Australia for sharing users’ data with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. IMF has already filed a complaint with the Australian Information Commissioner alleging breaches of privacy laws over the data sharing and...
Department store chain Macy’s recently warned its customers that it has been targeted by a cyberattack for the past few months where customer data had been accessed from April 26 to June 11. The third party was said to have gained access customer names, address, phone...
The European Court of Justice recently ruled that Fan Page Administrators, alongside Facebook, are jointly responsible as data controllers for the processing of users' personal data on their Business Fan Pages. In a case referred by the Federal Administrative Court, the CJEU decided that since page...
In a recent study by researchers from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, it was established that data from the previous owner can still be retrieved from second-hand memory cards. Using 100 second-hand SD and MicroSD cards purchased from eBay, auctions, second-hand shops and other...