A new children’s privacy rights campaign has attracted backing from ministers, business leaders and academics.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Dmail promises self-destructing Gmail messages
After an email has been “destroyed” (or, rather, encrypted), recipients will see a message that the email has been killed. Should we trust it will do what it says with personal data?
How (not) to pay yourself a $14m bonus – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Our weekly 1-minute security video…news with some fun in it!
Execs face the chop after being hit by data breach
With the often perceived need to hold someone to account for a data breach, the axe falls to the heads of senior executives.
SSCC 208 – (Cyber)crime and Punishment [PODCAST]
Join us for the weekly Chet Chat! In this episode: Cybercrime (and punishment), crimeware, the Angler exploit kit, and how the Fourth Amendment applies to social networks.
Worried about Google’s Your Timeline? Here’s how to disable tracking
Don’t fancy having Google map your movements and match them up with your photos? Here’s how to disable Your Timeline or turn off Location Services altogether.
Privacy and targeting are among new video controls for Facebook Pages
Now, video uploaders can discriminate – or is it target-market? – based not only on language and location, but also on gender and age. 
Man becomes first to be convicted under UK’s new revenge porn law
The 21-year-old threatened to post sexually explicit images of a 20-year-old woman, then sent the photos to the woman’s family and shared them on Facebook.
Facebook can’t say ‘No’ to New York, says New York
Facebook can’t “plead the Fourth Amendment” on your behalf, says a New York appeals court – you have to do it yourself.
FBI again thwarts Tor to unmask visitors to a Dark Web child sex abuse site
Did the FBI plant a drive-by installation of some kind of malware on hundreds of thousands of computers so it could track down paedophiles?