Pro Internal Botnet activity predicts future data breach likelihood Organisations with the highest activity are more than twice as likely to have been breached 10 Apr
Pro Data-sharing regulations must be eased to aid cybercrime fight Data will be key to producing threat intelligence, says Palo Alto Networks CTO 2 Apr
Life EU ministers agree cross-border data protection plan Mechanism will lead to unnecessary administrative burdens, say critics 16 Mar
Pro EU data protection manifesto jeopardised by lobbyists Advisor raises concerns ahead of new DP rules expected in June 13 Mar
Pro EU data protection reform ‘badly broken’ Change needed soon if data protection reform is to be saved, warn civil liberty groups 4 Mar
Pro Visual snooping reveals corporate data Sensitive corporate info found by just looking around offices, according to study 23 Feb
Pro SAP tech chief seeks government clarity on data ownership Ireland and UK chief technologist makes the case for regulation of IoT, without stifling innovation 23 Feb
Pro Microsoft adopts international standard for cloud privacy Company said it would follow a new standard of the IOS 17 Feb
Pro Global data breaches hit 1,500 last year, public disclosures reveal US still top of the list, but Australia and Germany not far off 17 Feb
Life Proposal for altered data retention law still unlawful, says Dutch DPA Obliging telecom companies to retain customer data for months to help police is disproportionate, says DPA 16 Feb
Life Twitter reports huge increase in government data requests Requests up 40% for user information, 84% for content removal 10 Feb
Life EU data protection authorities get serious about Facebook’s privacy policy Agencies get together to take on social network 4 Feb
Pro IT staff bearing brunt of EU General Data Protection Regulation planning Survey reveals lack of clarity, awareness of new measures 30 Jan
Pro Dutch government sued over data retention law Data retention is under fire in many EU states 13 Jan
Pro Microsoft rallies allies against US warrant for Irish data Allies file 10 briefs in support of fight against a search warrant for email on an Irish server 17 Dec
Pro FBI memo warns of malware possibly linked to hack at Sony Pictures Insiders believe timing of attack was deliberate 3 Dec
Blogs EMC, data loss and best guesses Grand claims about lost revenue are undermined by shoddy research methods 3 Dec
Pro Global data loss costs €1.3 trillion every year EMC says volume of data lost up 400% as instances decline 2 Dec
Life Uber rethinks privacy after public backlash Company is working with a DC law firm to assess its policies 21 Nov
Life Ireland joins Microsoft in battle against e-mail surveillance EU may have to join the fight to keep messages held outside the US beyond government reach 19 Nov
Pro German backing to retain personal flight data across EU But retention could violate fundamental rights, say opponents 31 Oct
Pro IT industry group criticises burden of proposed EU privacy policy Justice Ministers' proposal for data protection rules to be relaxed doesn't go far enough, say lobbyists 13 Oct
Pro Europe suffered 229 public data breaches since 2004 More than half were by insiders, not hackers, study suggests 13 Oct
Pro EU’s tipped incoming digital chief takes a swipe at US over data protection It is time for the US to show it can be trusted, said Ansip 8 Oct
Pro European Commission told to publish UK mass Internet surveillance docs Documents remain under wraps because of ongoing investigations 7 Oct
Pro AI system can predict data theft by scanning email UBIC system searches for signs of disgruntled or cash-strapped workers 3 Oct
Pro New EU data protection laws ‘could be most strict in the world’, says Sophos Measures could be watered down after amendments passed 2 Oct
Life Hacked celebrities ‘dumb’, says proposed EU digital commissioner Oettinger tells European Parliament legislation can't protect people from their own stupidity 1 Oct
Pro Data loss detection tool monitors ‘paste’ sites for exposures Thousands of email addresses are leaked every day on Pastebin unknown to most users 17 Sep
Life Dozens of US tech firms violate EU privacy promises, advocacy group says Center for Digital Democracy calls on the FTC to investigate 30 companies 14 Aug
Life Austrian campaigner files class action suit against Facebook over privacy policy Europe-v-Facebook founder Schrems invites users to join legal campaign 1 Aug
Life Paddy Power notifies more than 600,000 customers of data breach Investigation into stolen data leads to Canadian suspect 31 Jul
Pro Multi-layered approach required for DLP Data loss prevention must be tackled with layers of protections, starting with exit point monitoring, argues Sophos 28 Jul
Pro E-mail is risky for business Sophos argues that e-mail can be a potential minefield for both privacy and compliance 21 Jul
Pro Cloud services could be subject to extra EU data protection checks More data protection controls loom for cloud providers in the European Union 16 Jul
Life Google to tour Europe to discuss right to be forgotten ruling Chief legal officer says testing removal request a 'vague and subjective' process 11 Jul
Radio Farcebook Facebook gets on the wrong side of users with its emotion experiment and good news from the telco sector for consumers 4 Jul
Life DPC investigates Facebook over mood experiment Social network promises to "do better" after psychology study debacle 2 Jul
Life Google’s ‘cookie choices’ shows how users are being tracked With code, publishers can incorporate data notifications into their sites 1 Jul
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