Pro Blackphone starts shipping to early adopters Manufacturer of privacy-focused smart phone plans to take new orders starting mid-July 1 Jul
Life Over 40% of European organisations stop citizens accessing their data Businesses worse than government at opening up information 24 Jun
Uncategorized Privacy and the continental divide US companies are talking up privacy but EU courts may have the final word 19 Jun
Pro HP Discover: Atalla line expanded with encryption, info protection No one else doing it this way, says VP 11 Jun
Pro New EU privacy laws will apply to non-Euro companies in the continent However, EU justice ministers disagree over who will enforce the laws 9 Jun
Pro One EU data protection authority to rule them all under new proposal But member states disagree on how to implement the rule 28 May
Pro Snowden leaks prompt tech firms to tout privacy, transparency policies EFF survey finds more companies are now taking steps to inform users about government requests for data 19 May
Blogs Google’s ECJ smackdown The world's largest search engine bet against stronger data protection laws and lost 15 May
Life Europe’s top court orders Google to forget Person has the right to request that search engines remove personal information from search results, says ECJ 13 May
Pro Data protection commissioner releases 2013 report Complaints down, but major revelations around state intelligence agencies focus attention on privacy rights 12 May
Pro Data breaches can be traced back to nine attack ‘patterns’ Many attacks are sector specific, says Verizon report 25 Apr
Pro Web apps and point-of-sale were leading hacker targets in 2013 Verizon annual data breach report incorporates data from more sources than ever before 22 Apr
Pro IBM claims new patent for mobile security technology Bypassing push notification to pass a token to the app 10 Apr
Life EU court strikes down data protection directive Privacy concerns must take prioirty over criminal investigations 8 Apr
Pro EMC delivers ‘data protection-as-a-service’ Range of new and existing technologies combines to enable DPaaS 4 Apr
Pro Data breaches eroding usefulness of personal identification Criminals mining identifiers such as social security numbers, say analysts 31 Mar
Pro Most organisations plan to seek external help after security breaches Incident response plan: phone for help, study finds 19 Mar
Radio Keep calm and carry on surfing NIall and Dusty celebrate 25 years of the Web and Neil Young wants to build a better iPod 14 Mar
Life Facebook must comply with German data protection law, court rules Federation of German Consumer Organisations says judgement a "milestone" 18 Feb
Pro Data breaches drive growth in encryption adoption But complex key management holds back some, finds Ponemon Institute 14 Feb
Pro Sophos tackles encryption performance and usability SafeGuard Encryption 6.1 harnesses native encryption capabilities 13 Feb
Pro Windows XP support end poses data breach risk for retailers POS terminals will soon face increased attack risk, says Symantec 4 Feb
Pro One in four global enterprises to have chief data officer by 2015 Gartner research suggests other sectors will follow banks and appoint CDOs 30 Jan
Pro Data Protection Commissioner expresses concerns over public service data processing Data Protection Conference hears concerns for electronic data gathering 30 Jan
Pro Irish companies suffer record number of data breaches Human element biggest threat to information security, says ICS 21 Jan
Life EU justice commissioner demands stricter data protection penalties Stronger sanctions are needed to guarantee compliance, says Reding 21 Jan
Pro Association for Data Protection Commissioners joins European body CEDPO membership to promote sharing of expertise across the EU 15 Jan
Trade Europe faces data protection vacancy No suitable candidates applied for the job of EU data protection czar 9 Jan
Life Google falls afoul of US courts again over Street View Case drags on despite resolution in Europe 3 Jan
Life Spanish data protection authority fines Google €900,000 AEPD demands search giants policies conform to national standard 20 Dec
Pro Carrier data retention rules deemed incompatible with EU law Retention could be permitted under stricter rules 12 Dec
Pro Preparing for the end of the ‘golden age’ of customer data Data protection changes and shift in consumer attitudes will make data scarcer, Ernst & Young report claims 3 Dec
Life Google hit with privacy complaints in 14 EU countries Data protection authorities called on to suspend changes to terms of service 26 Nov
Pro ICS survey showed warning signs for data protection ICS and ADPO research from earlier in year showed indicators of poor data protection practice 15 Nov
Pro DP Commissioner confirms extent of Loyaltybuild data breach Full credit card details of more than 376,000 compromised 13 Nov
Life European Parliament votes to permit pseudonymous data profiling Digital rights groups warn proposal lacks sufficient safeguards for citizens' data 22 Oct
Life France summons US ambassador over NSA tapping allegations US intercepted calls of French citizens, according to Le Monde 21 Oct
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