A roundup of some of this week’s news stories on the data privacy landscape. ……. Facebook to face renewed privacy lawsuit … Could US CLOUD pose a threat to privacy? … Calls for EU single Coronavirus App …and more.Read More
A roundup of some of this week’s news stories on the data privacy landscape. ……. Mobile phone data to be used to fight Coronavirus…… Videoconferencing app ZOOM under scrutiny……. Morrison’s not liable says Supreme Court……and more.Read More
A rogue website claiming to offer a digital antivirus program that can protect users against the Coronavirus Covid-19 has been discovered online by Researchers at Malwarebytes.Read More
Mobile carriers are sharing data with the health authorities in Italy, Germany and Austria, helping to fight coronavirus by monitoring whether people are complying with curbs on movement while at the same time respecting Europe's privacy laws.Read More
The data privacy battle between Uber's Jump scooter service and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation has been brewing over the last 18 months. After refusing to share real-time location data on its scooter riders, Uber was ordered by the LADOT to remove its scooters from the city.Read More
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is taking Facebook to court over a serious infringement of the privacy of more than 300,000 Australians.Read More
It has been revealed that the personal information of 900,000 Virgin Media customers was left unprotected, when a marketing database was accidentally left online for 10 months.Read More
Health and beauty retail giant Boots has suspended payments using loyalty points in shops and online after attempts to break into customers' accounts using stolen passwords. Customers will not be able to use Boots Advantage Card points to pay for products while the issue is dealt with.Read More
10,000 passengers have had their email addresses and travel details exposed while using free wi-fi at UK railway stations. Network Rail and service provider C3UK both confirmed the incident three days after being contacted by BBC News about the matter.Read More
