Tagged: Privacy
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More complaints, data breach notifications in 2012 - Data Protection Commissioner report News
20.05.2013 Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner opened more complaints for investigation last year than the year before, saw an increase in the number of data breach... -
Digital death: Google’s new tool helps you decide what happens to your data when you’re gone News
12.04.2013 Like taxes, death is inevitable. But the question of what happens to a person’s data after they die has been answered by Google, which has developed a new tool to give people...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Security, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Digital Media, Data Management, Consumer Tech -
Google’s Android competitors make formal antitrust complaint to Europe News
09.04.2013 A group of Android competitors, including Nokia and Microsoft, have sent a formal complaint against Google to European antitrust regulators who are in the final stages of an... -
Taskforce of European data regulators to target Google over privacy changes News
02.04.2013 Internet giant Google could face a bevy of massive fines after it emerged that at least six European data-protection commissioners could take co-ordinated action over its... -
Lero wins global smart buildings R&D contract with United Technologies News
19.03.2013 The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre Lero has won an international R&D contract with United Technologies Research Centre (UTRC) Ireland to assist it in the design of...Categories: Sustainability, Security, Research, R&D, Investments, Engineering, Energy, Development, Design, Deals Done -
Is social media bad for your phone? (infographic) News
18.03.2013 Social media is really worse for your wallet and mental health than it is for your phone, judging from a new infographic.Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Security, Phones, Mobile, Financial, Consumer Tech -
Privacy and safety concerns led Rounds to retire ‘Meet New People’ feature News
25.02.2013 Fast-growing web hangouts player Rounds said its decision to retire its ‘Meet New People’ feature was in reaction to the pressing need to ensure the privacy and safety of its...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Security, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Facebook relies on social reporting and user education to beat the bullies News
22.02.2013 Connecting more than 1bn people in the world and enabling them to share their information and views is a lofty goal that is going to come with its share of problems. But the... -
Facebook wins case to ensure Europeans use real names on social network News
15.02.2013 A German court has ruled in Facebook’s favour in a case where a data commissioner in Schleswig-Holstein wanted Facebook to allow the use of fake names. Facebook argued that it...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Digital Business, Data Management, Communications -
US President Obama signs cyber security executive order News
13.02.2013 US President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that will bolster America’s cyber security defences through partnership with critical infrastructure providers. -
iOS 6.1 rolls out with wider LTE support and enhanced privacy controls News
29.01.2013 Yesterday evening, Apple began rolling out the first update to its latest operating system, which has so far reached almost 300m devices just five months since it was released....Categories: Operating Systems, Mobile -
Twitter launches transparency report site on Data Privacy Day News
28.01.2013 In the spirit of an open and safe internet – and to mark international Data Privacy Day, a day focused on raising awareness and promoting data privacy education – Twitter has... -
European one-stop shop for privacy will rely on ‘consistency mechanism’ News
28.01.2013 Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes – who is working with Facebook to ensure the social network meets its global privacy obligations – said today that while the... -
Google cites an increase in governments demanding citizen data News
24.01.2013 Google’s latest transparency report has shown a steady increase in government and law agency requests around the world for their citizens’ data. -
Blog exposes the scary side of Facebook Graph Search News
23.01.2013 Last week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg excitedly unveiled the supposed next big thing for the social network: a search facility that can pinpoint friends and others on Facebook... -
Trust will be the biggest challenge of the cloud, apps, big data and social age News
22.01.2013 The issue of trust will tower over the matter of struggling to manage the exponential growth in data and will define the cloud age and the consequent explosions in social media,...Categories: Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Digital Business, Data Management, Consumer Tech, CIO, Architecture, Apps -
Instagram reveals it has 90m monthly active users News
18.01.2013 Despite changes in its terms of use that had resulted in many users closing their accounts, photo-sharing app Instagram has said it is seeing growth, reporting more than 90m... -
Instagram backs down on privacy terms, ads rules roll back to 2010 News
21.12.2012 Instagram has acted speedily to the negative reaction to the changes to its terms of use earlier this week and in particular is reversing its ad rules back to the original...Categories: Apps, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Operating Systems, Social Media, Software, Software & Web Development