Tagged: Data Privacy & News
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Scorned exes may well share intimate content online - survey News
04.02.2013 Nearly all (94pc) of adults in the US believe their data and revealing photos are safe with their partners, but 13pc of adults have had their personal content leaked to others... -
Weekend news round-up: The end of the web as we know it, will 4G be expensive? News
04.02.2013 In our trawl through the most interesting tech stories from the weekend, we discover a computer scientist who heralds the web as we know it today will be history; e-commerce...Tags: Apple, Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Data Privacy, EU, US, 4G, 3, LTE, Smartphones, Pinterest, Tablet Computers -
OPINION - A dissection of social networks' privacy policies News
09.06.2012 On Thursday, LinkedIn became the latest in a stream of social networking companies, including Google+, Facebook and Twitter, to announce an update to its privacy policy. If you... -
What our phones can reveal about us (infographic) News
17.05.2012 Losing a smartphone can throw its owner into a tailspin, seeing as how so much information is on that little device - emails, contact lists and appointment reminders, to name... -
Most IT professionals don't trust end users with security - survey News
17.04.2012 Nearly all IT professionals don't trust their end users to make sound IT security decisions, a survey conducted by Sophos suggests. -
FCC fines Google US$25,000 over Street View News
16.04.2012 Internet search giant Google is to pay US$25,000 for collecting personal information without permission and an impeding an investigation. -
IT security policies being unheeded, survey shows News
16.02.2012 Companies' IT security policies are ineffective when it comes to protecting confidential information, seeing how 54pc of employees say they don’t always follow their company’s... -
Microsoft releases tips to help protect your online image News
27.01.2012 Ninety-one per cent of internet users say they have done something, at some point, to manage the way others perceive them online, but only 44pc actively think about the... -
Research reveals security risks of mismanaged user access News
14.12.2011 A lack of control and oversight of privileged users, including database administrators, network engineers and IT security practitioners, are creating increased threats to... -
Privacy probe begins at Irish Facebook office - report News
27.10.2011 Ireland's Data Protection Office has begun investigating social networking giant Facebook's regional office in Dublin following accusations that the company is creating "shadow... -
Moving to the cloud News
18.08.2011 As cloud computing becomes increasingly mainstream, Laura O’Brien talks to industry experts about the considerations that should be taken when devising a cloud strategy. -
Commissioner asks HSE to review records storage News
12.08.2011 Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes is asking the Health Service Executive (HSE) to review how it stores medical records after files were found in a bin outside a... -
Gartner reveals top 5 issues for privacy officers News
09.08.2011 Data breaches, cloud computing, location-based services and regulatory changes will force virtually all organisations to review, and at least half of them to also revise, their... -
Gardaí to probe data breach at Dublin hospital News
03.08.2011 Gardaí and the Data Protection Commissioner are investigating how private information on Tallaght Hospital patients was compromised. -
Managers unaware of extent of IT access to company data News
28.07.2011 Senior management is often unaware of how much access their IT departments have to sensitive internal data – up to and including a CEO’s private files. -
Dutch police used TomTom nav data to place speed traps News
28.04.2011 The Dutch police used traffic information aggregated anonymously from users’ TomTom navigation devices to place speed traps where general areas of speeding were found. -
France fines Google €100,000 over Street View privacy breach News
21.03.2011 France’s data protection regulator has fined Google €100,000 after the search company accidentally collected private information through its Street View vehicles. -
WikiLeaks founder's extradition hearing begins News
07.02.2011 Julian Assange faces extradition to Sweden this week as a British court decides whether to fulfil Sweden’s request to send the founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks back... -
Nurse fired over Tiger Woods' medical records sues hospital News
21.01.2011 A nurse who was fired for allegedly looking at golfer Tiger Woods' medical records is suing a Florida hospital for defamation. -
Weekend news roundup News
17.01.2011 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers.