The fight for privacy is moving to U.S. states with 16 states and the District of Columbia introducing legislation on Wednesday that address issues such as requiring permission before student data is shared for non-educational purposes and the requirement of warrants before using cell-tower simulators to intercept phone calls.
John Ribeiro | 21 Jan | Read more
Uber has agreed to pay a penalty of US$20,000 in a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman for delaying in reporting to drivers the data breach of their personal information in 2014.
John Ribeiro | 07 Jan | Read more
Hyatt Hotels has asked customers to review their payment card account statements closely after it detected malware on the computers that run payment-processing systems at locations it manages.
John Ribeiro | 24 Dec | Read more
In a strong defense of encryption, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that there was no trade-off between privacy and national security when it comes to encryption.
John Ribeiro | 21 Dec | Read more
Legislation requiring tech companies to report on terrorist activity on their platforms is likely to be revived, following concerns about the widespread use of Internet communications by terrorists.
John Ribeiro | 08 Dec | Read more
U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking the help of tech companies to help combat terrorism, which he described as entering a new phase of terror threats.
John Ribeiro | 07 Dec | Read more
A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation that would delay the end of the bulk collection of phone metadata by the National Security Agency to Jan. 31, 2017, in the wake of renewed security concerns after the terror attacks last Friday in Paris.
John Ribeiro | 18 Nov | Read more
TalkTalk Telecom Group in the U.K. expects the financial impact of a recent cyber attack to be up to £35 million (US$53 million) but said the people affected may have been far less than had been earlier expected.
John Ribeiro | 11 Nov | Read more
EMC and Hartford Hospital have agreed to pay US$90,000 to Connecticut in connection with the loss in 2012 of an unencrypted laptop containing patient information of 8,883 residents of the state, according to the state's attorney general.
John Ribeiro | 09 Nov | Read more
Microsoft is considering advancing the blocking of the SHA-1 hashing algorithm on Windows to as early as June next year, taking a cue from a similar decision by the Mozilla Foundation
John Ribeiro | 05 Nov | Read more
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to consider early Tuesday the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, a controversial bill that is intended to encourage businesses to share information about cyberthreats with the government by providing them immunity from customer lawsuits.
John Ribeiro | 27 Oct | Read more
A trade group representing Facebook, Google, Yahoo and other tech and communications companies has come down heavily against the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, a controversial bill in the U.S. that is intended to encourage businesses to share information about cyberthreats with the government.
John Ribeiro | 16 Oct | Read more
Cisco is tying with a Chinese partner for joint development and better access to the local market, according to a newspaper report.
John Ribeiro | 23 Sep | Read more
The Indian government has withdrawn a controversial draft encryption policy, with a minister stating that the document was not the final view of the government.
John Ribeiro | 22 Sep | Read more
Congress members and staff are being urged by a civil rights group to use encrypted smartphone apps such as WhatsApp and Signal rather than traditional cellular networks.
John Ribeiro | 22 Sep | Read more