Tag: GDPR
Twitter apologises for sharing personal contact information with advertisers
Twitter has apologised for sharing personal contact information from users with advertisers which was only meant for account security purposes. The social media site said some email addresses or phone numbers provided to the site as part of safety and security procedures, such as two-factor authentication to log in, had been “inadvertently” used for advertising.…
Nokia moves phone data centres to Europe for improved security
Nokia is to move its phone data centres from Asia to Europe as part of a company plan to better protect customer data. The centres, which store Nokia device activation and performance data, are to be moved to Hamina in Finland, with the firm saying the move will improve the speed of updates to phones…
Apple’s Tim Cook warns tech giants to be more responsible with data
Apple boss Tim Cook has taken aim at “chaos factory” technology giants for failing to take responsibility for data breaches and privacy violations. The chief executive said that there had been a “sharp turn” in tech capital Silicon Valley, with the industry becoming “better known for a less noble innovation, the belief that you can…
ICO receives 14,000 data breach reports in first year of GDPR
More than 14,000 data breaches have been logged by the the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) in the UK alone during the first year since the introduction of new data protection laws. Between May 25 2018, the day which GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was introduced, and the beginning of May this year, the ICO (Information…
Google to let users delete location and activity history
Google users can now delete data linked to their location and web activity after a set period of time. The firm has introduced a new tool that will allow users to delete data gathered on their location, as well as searches made using Google. The tool is an extension to an existing Google feature which…
Cyber Governance Health Check report: UK firms need to do more
Leaders at some of the UK’s biggest companies have been told to be more aware of cyber attacks to avoid falling victim. Despite almost all of the country’s top firms having a cyber security strategy in place, many board directors admitted that they don’t have a full understanding of the impact of loss or disruption…
Google fined £44m under EU data privacy law
France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google 50 million euros (£44 million), the first penalty for a US tech giant under new European data privacy rules that took effect last year. The National Data Protection Commission said it fined the US internet giant for “lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent” regarding…
Top 7 events Technology Industry events of 2018. Including rise of Fortnite and AI becoming mainstream
Demonstrators protesting over Facebook’s practices (Victoria Jones/PA) 2018 will be remembered as a trying year for the technology industry, as data scandals and calls for increased regulation dominated the agenda. Martyn Landi, Press Association Technology Correspondent, reports... Facebook’s business practices dominated much of the year’s biggest talking points, alongside new data…
Amazon Alexa user given access to stranger’s conversations
A user of Amazon’s Alexa smart voice assistant was sent audio files from a stranger after requesting access to his own recordings. According to a report in German technology magazine C’t, the user – who is based in Germany – made a request to Amazon under the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to access…
Top 10 trending ‘What is?’ Questions on Google in 2018. What is Bitcoin tops list
With the world perhaps more confusing than ever in 2018, Google users were bombarding the search engine with plenty of “what is…?” questions. Here are the 10 questions which, according to Google, were the top trending questions of the year. Note, these were not the most searched questions, but the ones that had significant spikes…