Laws and regulations

UK ICO fines Facebook with maximum for Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has been fined £500,000 by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal that exposed data…

7 years ago

For the first time Japanese commission ordered Facebook to improve security

The Japanese government ordered Facebook to improve the protection of users' personal information following the recent data breaches that exposed…

7 years ago

Supreme Court of the US Police ruled that police need warrant for mobile location data

The Supreme Court of the US ruled that police must obtain a search warrant before obtaining mobile location data from…

7 years ago

Justice Department announces actions to disrupt the VPNFilter botnet

The Justice Department announced an effort to disrupt the VPNFilter botnet of hundreds of thousands of infected home and office…

8 years ago

Experts warn: it is too easy to steal WiFi access key from TalkTalk ‘s Super Routers

Home Wi-Fi networks in the UK using Super Router provided by TalkTalk ISP are affected by a vulnerability that exposes…

8 years ago

Uber agrees to new FTC settlement over 2016 data breach

Uber agrees to a new settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over the massive 2016 data breach, the authorities could…

8 years ago

Airbnb China will share hosts information with the government

Airbnb China announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government to comply with national…

8 years ago

Any social media accounts to declare? Visa applicants would have to declare them

The US Department of State wants to ask visa applicants to provide details on the social media accounts they've managed…

8 years ago

Supreme Court in Russia ruled Telegram must provide FSB encryption keys

A Supreme Court in Russia ruled Telegram must provide the FSB with encryption keys to access users' messaging data to avoid…

8 years ago

European Commission requests IT firms to remove ‘Terror Content’ within an hour

The UE issued new recommendations to tackle illegal content online, it asked internet companies to promptly remove terror content from their…

8 years ago

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