EU to launch bug bounties for 14 open source projects
Europe stumps up cash for bug bounties to secure over a dozen popular open source projects.
Europe stumps up cash for bug bounties to secure over a dozen popular open source projects.
Europe has proposed to bring Bitcoin players in line with anti-terror finance regulations applicable to regular financial institutions.
As European Union lawmakers in the Commission, Parliament and Council debate a new data protection law, the EU's data protection watchdog has chimed in, expressing some concerns and saying individuals' privacy rights should be at the core of the legislation.
Loek Essers | 29 Jul | Read more
Google is now requiring that publishers that carry its ads comply with a European Union directive and ask their site visitors' for permission before setting cookies on their computers.
Loek Essers | 29 Jul | Read more
Pressure is mounting in the European Union to subject companies including Google, Twitter, eBay and Facebook to the same critical IT infrastructure security requirements as banks or energy networks.
Loek Essers, Peter Sayer | 25 Jun | Read more
Cisco prepares to swap CEO... Google may face more scrutiny in Europe... Vint Cerf doesn't trust back doors... and more tech news
IDG News Service staff | 05 May | Read more
US warns airlines of onboard hacking...drone lands on Japanese PM's office...Google adds push notifications to Chrome...and more tech news
IDG News Service staff | 22 Apr | Read more
Uber poaches Facebook security chief... Your next PC could take mobile payments... EU investigates Apple's streaming music plans... and more tech news
IDG News Service staff | 03 Apr | Read more
European legislators are about to reopen a debate on whether Facebook and Twitter should be subject to the same rules as power grids and payment services for protecting critical IT infrastructure and the data it carries.
Loek Essers | 13 Mar | Read more
New flagship phones on the way from LG, Huawei... Apple struggles with 11-hour cloud outage... Impatience grows over EC's Google probe... and more tech news.
IDG News Service staff | 12 Mar | Read more
The European Commission is reportedly revving up the engines on a controversial plan to retain passenger flight data across the EU, although a prior attempt got its wings clipped due to privacy concerns.
Loek Essers | 29 Jan | Read more
The European Commission must soon strike a deal to regulate personal data transfers of EU citizens to the U.S., Germany's federal data protection commissioner warned, saying further delays could trigger a suspension of those transfers, with dire economic consequences.
Loek Essers | 28 Jan | Read more
Internet and telecommunications companies should be obliged to share encryption keys with police and intelligence agencies to help them fight terrorism, the European Union's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator has advised.
Loek Essers | 22 Jan | Read more
European companies in the business of selling spyware and exploits to international governments and law enforcement will need a special licence from 31 December 2014
Thanks to revelations about government spying, a revamped version of a 15-year-old agreement governing the exchange of personal data between EU and the U.S. still seems a long way off, threatening the ability of American companies to do business in Europe.
Loek Essers | 21 Nov | Read more