Google and the ICO have settled a case over the company’s privacy policy being too vague, with the upshot being that policy changes are now in the works. 
Tag Archives: Privacy
The GHOST in the machine – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our weekly one-minute security video. Sending spam, cracking the Blackphone and the GHOST in the machine. Enjoy…
WhatsApp Web has privacy holes that could expose user photos
WhatsApp has just rolled out a new service called WhatsApp Web that allows users to sync the messaging app between their mobile devices and desktop, but the new web client has a couple of privacy pitfalls that indicate it’s not really ready for its close-up.
IsAnybodyDown’s Craig Brittain banned from the ‘revenge porn’ business
The operator of a ‘revenge porn’ website got away with a slapped wrist after publishing nude photos of over 1,000 women online.
Facebook to fill with (more!) kittens in Wickr’s message-hiding scheme
Secure messaging app Wickr has launched a timed, private photo stream that lets users upload private images to Facebook, covering them with kitten images that only user-selected people can decode. 
Super Bowl XLIX – a costly spectacle amid heightened security and surveillance
The Department of Homeland Security has declared that there is not a specific, credible threat against the Super Bowl this year, but that’s not stopping the agency from going all out on security and surveillance.
Cop who stole nude photos from arrested women’s seized phones escapes jail
Sean Harrington pleaded no contest to felony charges related to secretly forwarding suspects’ photos to his and other officers’ phones. 
SSCC 183 – It’s Data Privacy Day! Do something! [PODCAST]
From Apple’s latest OS X and iOS updates to Data Privacy Day – listen, learn and enjoy!
Massive DEA license plate reader program tracks millions of Americans
The DEA is license plate reader cameras to capture information on an enormous number of motorists, with some 793.5 million license plates stored in a database built for and with federal and local authorities. 
Facebook vs 25,000 users – privacy class action lawsuit has initial hearing date set
An Austrian court has given the go ahead to a class action lawsuit brought against Facebook for alleged privacy violations across Europe.