FTC's 'Reclaim Your Name' alone won't rein in data brokers, experts say
Voluntary program welcomed, but advocates would like to see the agency do more with the authority it has to guard consumer privacy online
Antone Gonsalves | 28 Jun | Read more
Voluntary program welcomed, but advocates would like to see the agency do more with the authority it has to guard consumer privacy online
Antone Gonsalves | 28 Jun | Read more
Apple came clean that it keeps anonymous Siri data for two years, but that has not quelled fears about corporate data privacy
Antone Gonsalves | 22 Apr | Read more
Privacy experts say following hack that a savvy person could easily find enough data to obtain a credit report from Annualcreditreport.com
Antone Gonsalves | 14 Mar | Read more
Over the past five years, the government and industry have developed legislation and standards that enable healthcare institutions to effectively share electronic health data.
Brett Avery | 22 Jan | Read more
While ideal for security, it would inhibit critical information sharing in integrated systems
Taylor Armerding | 10 Jan | Read more
All healthcare data breaches are not equal.
Taylor Armerding | 09 Jan | Read more
Reports find real healthcare breach damage is not in the statistics
Taylor Armerding | 09 Jan | Read more
Repression like that in Syria is not happening now in the U.S., but the tools are in place
Taylor Armerding | 05 Dec | Read more
Privacy advocates say more companies should follow search giant's example
Taylor Armerding | 21 Nov | Read more
While we wait for the final judgment on the privacy implications of the <a href="http://blogs.csoonline.com/1843/lesson_of_the_carrier_iq_firestorm_vendors_must_change_their_ways">Carrier IQ fiasco</a>, security pros are asking what the potential security implications of the embattled mobile diagnostic software could be.
George V. Hulme | 08 Dec | Read more
Organisations invest a lot of time, money and effort in collecting, storing and mining data to derive positive outcomes for their business.
Murray Goldsmith | 13 Aug | Read more
There's been an incredible number of records breached this year, including:
George V. Hulme | 12 Jul | Read more
China's data privacy protection has long been considered one of the world's weakest. But the government's proposed data security guidelines may go too far in the opposite direction.
Stephanie Overby | 05 May | Read more
Organised crime groups have penetrated law enforcement bodies, and authorities are helpless to fight back due to restrictive data privacy legislation, according to the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) chief executive, John Lawler.
Mahesh Sharma | 21 Oct | Read more
The protection of the individual is the primary function of personal health care data and the tail of health administration and research must not be permitted to wag the dog of personal health care, according to an Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) policy position document.
Georgina Swan | 02 Sep | Read more