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90 percent will have personal data on IT systems that are not under their control in six years, according to the analyst firm, and privacy and data protection policies need to catch up.
Bombshell revelations about the United States' wide-reaching surveillance programs could spur China and other countries to expand their own efforts, Beijing-based dissident Ai Weiwei warned.
A fierce debate about Internet privacy and the limits of US executive power erupted on Tuesday in a victory for the young intelligence technician at the center of a global leak storm.
A coalition of Internet and civil liberties groups launched a campaign Tuesday protesting the huge US online surveillance program revealed in the past week.
The daily Globe and Mail reported that Defense Minister Peter MacKay signed a ministerial directive renewing the program in November 2011.
The United States' top intelligence official angrily defended his government's secret monitoring of Internet users Saturday, insisting the vast operation is both legal and vital to national security.
Google chief Larry Page on Friday branded Internet spying a threat to freedoms and called for governments to be more revealing about what they try to find out about people's online activities.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he fears the whistleblower who exposed a vast US surveillance program
could face the same fate as the US soldier who leaked files to his website.
This week’s stories surrounding government surveillance programs touched a nerve, considering that the government was already in hot water and under suspicion for privacy and rights violations.
The White House insisted it must use every tool to protect Americans against terrorism, after revelations about a vast spy agency sweep of domestic phone records sparked a political backlash.
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The Omnibus Rule that updated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has the potential to be a game changer because of the things it says in writing, as well as some of the things that it doesn’t say.
What is unique to the Patriot Act compared to most other countries is the need for a court order. Most other countries allow their government authorities to go directly to the data host with administrative orders to produce data.
Being in a public place makes you fair game. So what makes a place private instead of public? This is where that famed “reasonable person” comes in.
When it comes to privacy policy, size matters. As a general rule, the longer it is, the more you’re hosed. But privacy statements don’t have to be a mystery.
Ryan Naraine talks to Christopher Soghoian about the latest iMessage encryption brouhaha, the indifference of the telephone companies towards security and the controversial practice of buying and selling software exploits.
Could smart meter data provide information needed to steal a physical asset? Theoretically, yes.
Just like travel, incident response is a business responsibility. You need to understand and practice your plans, your responsibilities, your points of engagement and the tools you have at your disposal, to meet your goals in the most effective way.
Barack Obama played his cards right with the recent roll-out of the Executive Order for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. He succeeded where the Congress has thus far failed, and the biggest reason for that success is privacy.
As social media has become one big melting pot there are some implications that are being overlooked: portability, permanence and privacy.
Many employees think they have more privacy in the workplace than they actually do. After reading this article, you will see a few reasons why through three common privacy myths in the workplace.
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