data protection

IT security researchers found an unsecured database that shows how the scam is organized

Engineering work is underway to make sure that by 2022, no data is routed outside of the EU

Exposed API could let hackers access customer data

Signal exposed Facebook’s data collection practices

The mechanism will replace the soon-to-be invalid EU standard contractual clauses

Data watchdog's chief Elizabeth Denham warns that it’s not good enough to claim ‘this is important, so trust us’

Coronavirus tracing company is at the heart of the exposure

Partitioning a single network can help relieve network congestion and increase security

Transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed the plans ahead of the UK’s re-entry into international tourism

Leaked records contained data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers and mailing addresses

Portal offers self-service privacy management for customers

New England's largest energy provider, Eversource, set cloud storage to open access

The video-sharing platform is accused of collecting personal data belonging to millions of children in Europe

Digital Rights Ireland is urging European Facebook users who have been affected to sign up

The regulator believes that Facebook may have infringed ‘one or more’ GDPR provisions following apparent leak of 533 million user records

The update breached the tech giant's rules about collecting and sharing location data

Despite GDPR coming into force businesses may still find themselves sanctioned under the 1998 act

It's currently unclear whether the data is fresh or part of a historic breach

How the ICO will measure GDPR compliance, and whether a certificate means anything

The AAID is unique to all Android devices and can be shared with third parties for more effective targeted advertising

The regulator is investigating the data leak involving the personal details of 533 million users

The leaked records contained users' phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names and relationship status