A US Military press office told the Washington Post that it will be refining rules on apps and devices such as Strava in light of the privacy incident the fitness tracker had caused last week. The company behind Strava inadvertently revealed the location of US military...
In its reply to the open consultation on data protection by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Citibank clarified that information such as call detail records, location data, and app usage should be considered as personal information under the IT Act, 2000 & its...
French newspaper Le Monde recently investigated rumors that China had been spying on the African Union using computers in the new building which it had built as a gesture of cordial partnership to the coalition. Le Monde reported that the building had been turned over...
At the recently held Privacy and Data Compliance Forum in Toronto by the Canadian Institute, Bank of Montreal chief ethics officer Ula Ubani reminded privacy professionals to act ethically in making all decisions in the event of a data breach crisis. Ubani said that things...
In a recent interview, Mycroft CEO Joshua Montgomery gave some cynical words against Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home, accusing the tech giants of enriching themselves at the expense of the user. He pointed out that the way the companies handle customer data were full of...
National Privacy Commission chief Raymund Enriquez Liboro recently issued a warning to the public about a new scam called “vishing”, which is a variant of phishing that uses robocalls. Liboro said that these computer-generated calls may be using a system that guesses mobile phone numbers at...
Last Tuesday, the Australian Military clarified that fitness app company Strava did not breach security despite publishing an online “heat map” that revealed that location of military personnel around the world. While Australian Defense Industry Minister Christopher Pyne revealed that the Defense Department is making a...
According to a recent study by Cisco called “Privacy Maturity Benchmark Study”, around 65% of companies around the world experience significant sales cycle delays due to privacy issues. The survey interviewed close to 3000 security professionals from 25 countries. Two-thirds said that data privacy issues...
The recent issue involving fitness app company Strava had awakened privacy concerns regarding apps and devices that capture user’s data. It had been reported that Strava’s fitness app may have inadvertently revealed the location of US military presence in conflict zones. This only shows that...
Last Sunday, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated to the public that the Aadhaar is not a profiling tool and stressed that the identification system is safeguarded by strong laws. In a live chat where questions were asked via Twitter, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan...