In 2008 Facebook set up its international headquarters in Ireland to benefit from the low corporate tax. This meant that all users outside of the US and Canada were protected by European regulations. Facebooks involvement in the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal and its scrutiny from governments, legal entities and regulators, across the globe, has put […]
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In November 2016, Microsoft was alerted to a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook by security researcher Will Dormann. Only this month-18 months later, has Microsoft released a patch to address the flaw. Having said that, it is only a partial fix! Dormann discovered that the Microsoft Outlook flaw (CVE-2018-0950) can enable attackers to steal confidential information […]
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Companies and consumers suffered a record number of cyber-attacks and data breaches last year as businesses failed to keep data private and customers had little control over how companies used or held personal information. The imminent implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), enforceable in all EU countries from May 25th, is designed to change […]
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A group of over 20 consumers of child safety and privacy advocacy groups has accused YouTube of breaching child protection laws within the US. The group has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claiming that YouTube gathers data (location data, device types, mobile phone numbers and browsing habits) of children aged under […]
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In 2015 Under Armour bought MyFitnessPal website and app for $475 million, which provides nutrition and exercise functionality. It forms part of Under Armours connected fitness division, whose revenue last year accounted for 1.8 percent of the companies $5 billion in overall sales. On 29 March 2018 Under Armour reported a data breach of their […]
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It’s tax season in the United States and cybercriminals are attempting to capitalise on this, once again. A spike in phishing scams, related to the W-2 Form, has been noted since first records at the beginning of 2017. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state tax agencies and the tax industry has issued a warning to […]
Data is a headache. Senior business people have a lot on their plate, they hardly need yet another problem. But that is exactly what data has become, a confusing, confounding problem that can no longer just be left to IT departments. The Cambridge Analytica story has made this abundantly clear. Facebook’s share price has taken […]
Way back when data centres were largely company owned, as well as the servers, machines, and the software installed on them, we knew where our data was, who had access to our network, and we had pretty good control over who was accessing the data. The working and company environment was reasonably contained and simpler […]
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We face an unparalleled threat to the digital safety of our personal information daily. Believe it or not, we are all fighting an information war, our data is under constant attack and our privacy is at risk. Our data is a target for multiple reasons and by a variety of individuals, gangs and institutions. We […]
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A recent report by Thales (a Galaxkey partner), compiled using information gathered from 1200 senior IT executives from numerous industries worldwide including: automotive, energy, government, financial services, healthcare, IT, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications shows that 94% of organisations process sensitive information in cloud, big data, IoT, container, blockchain and/or mobile environments. This is resulting in […]
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Google has made the decision not to remove links to information that references a businessman’s criminal conviction (a criminal conviction for false accounting from the 1990s) from search engines. This has led to the first ‘right to be forgotten’ case in the English courts with the businessman challenging Googles decision. The hearing that commenced on […]
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The six principles are found in article 5 of the GDPR regulation and aim to drive compliance. Businesses should use them as a guide to best manage personal data. Through adhering to these principles, businesses are positioned to handle personal data in a more compliant manner. They succeed the principles outlined in the EU Data […]
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