Dena M. Castricone of Murtha Cullina writes: Just days before the EU Commission reassesses the EU-US Privacy Shield program in light of the EU Parliament’s recent adequacy criticisms, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced settlements with four companies allegedly falsely claiming participation in the program. One of the issues the EU Parliament cited this summer with the EU-US Privacy…
Month: September 2018
Web inventor Berners-Lee creates a new privacy first way of dealing with the internet
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reports: We live our lives on the internet. That’s because when Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the web, he made it easy for everyone to use it and share information. Fast forward 28-years, and your personal information is controlled largely by major companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Enough already. Berners-Lee wants…
Telegram fixes IP address leak in desktop client
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Telegram users who specifically utilize the application for its anonymity features are advised to update their desktop clients as soon as possible to patch a bug that will leak their IP address in some scenarios. The bug was found by Dhiraj Mishra, a bug hunter from Mumbai, India, and was patched by…
Facebook is weaponizing security to erode privacy – But that’s a dangerous game to play
Natasha Lomas reports: At a Senate hearing this week in which US lawmakers quizzed tech giants on how they should go about drawing up comprehensive Federal consumer privacy protection legislation, Apple’s VP of software technology described privacy as a “core value” for the company. “We want your device to know everything about you but we don’t think…