The British Columbia’s information and privacy office will be looking into an issue regarding the sharing of rider data between transportation authorities and law enforcement agencies. The investigation was prompted by a news item which revealed that the the Metro Vancouver transportation authority had been regularly...
Russian hackers are believed to have been responsible for high-profile cyber attacks that include last year’s US presidential election are now said to be targeting Wi-Fi networks of hotels around Europe. The hackers use a phishing email with an attachment named “Hotel_Reservation_Form.doc,” which launches the...
A memory card containing private medical documents and around 1000 images of people taken in a west-side cannabis dispensary has been delivered to Postmedia by a tipster who had found it in an alley. It is uncertain if criminal activity or negligence was involved in...
UK broadband provider TalkTalk was given a hefty fine of £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for putting 21,000 subscribers’ personal data at risk. ICO’s investigation found out that the breach was carried out by rogue staff from Wipro, an Indian IT firm used by...
Earlier this week, the latest release from WikiLeaks have mentioned a tool developed by the CIA for intercepting and recording video streams over a network or the Internet. Dubbed “CouchPotato”, the software can also take snapshots or screenshots and save them in JPEG format. Couch Potato...
Google has recently published a new website that details the steps the company is taking to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR requires companies to handle and protect the data of EU residents according to specific privacy and security controls....
Electrical engineering firm Power Quality Engineering (PQE) in Texas has accidentally exposed clients' sensitive corporate information online because of a system oversight. UpGuard security researchers flagged the issue, identifying a port used for remote synchronization. Researchers say administrators were supposed to restrict access to the port,...
New Delhi — Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a consultation paper on Wednesday that reiterated main data security issues involving telcos and data services. The article titled ‘Privacy, Security, and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector' discussed data protection as the...
Manila, Philippines — The National Privacy Commission (NPC) and the Philippine Chamber of Telecommunications Operators (PCTO) arranged a discussion with telecommunication firms to address how the industry can properly implement the Data Privacy Act (DPA) of 2012. The initiative came about after telecommunications firms sought to...
News last Wednesday reported that Accenture has released research that show how analytics and biometrics technology is positively affecting how government agencies prioritize privacy and data protection. The study called ‘Emerging Technologies in Public Service’ observed how different public services sectors adopt new equipment to improve...