data privacy

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tesla worst car brand for user privacy — Mozilla report

    Tesla worst car brand for user privacy — Mozilla report Tesla has the worst data protection policies of 25 major car brands, according to a recent analysis of user privacy and security policies among carmakers conducted by Mozilla. The Internet software company spent over 600 hours researching...
  3. Jan

    Facebook rolls out blocking workflow for POPIA in South Africa

    Facebook rolls out major privacy change in South Africa Facebook has started prompting South African users with a consent form to review their data settings, apparently to comply with the country’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). It asked users to review specially protected...
    • Jan
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  4. J

    South Africa's new data privacy laws take effect soon

    South Africa's new data privacy laws take effect soon President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that certain sections of South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) will take effect from 1 July 2020. The Act has been put into operation incrementally, with a number of sections...
  5. J

    EU governments push data privacy laws in coronavirus battle

    EU governments push data privacy laws in coronavirus battle European Union governments have pushed the bloc's stringent data privacy rules to their limits by tapping the biggest telecom and tech companies for data to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Wireless companies such as Vodafone and...
  6. J

    When South Africa's POPIA act can't protect you

    When South Africa's POPIA act can't protect you South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is set to come into effect from 1 April 2020. Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of the Data Privacy Practice Group at Werksmans Attorneys, said that a high level of POPIA awareness is present...
  7. Kevin Lancaster

    For Data Privacy Day, Play Privacy As A Team Sport

    For Data Privacy Day, Play Privacy As A Team Sport Protecting digital privacy is a job no one can do alone. While there are many steps you can take to protect your own privacy, the real protection comes when we recognize that privacy is a team sport. So as we celebrate Data Privacy Day on...
  8. Kevin Lancaster

    Facebook’s new terms and conditions explained

    Facebook’s new terms and conditions explained Facebook says it wants to take with one hand and give with another when it comes to privacy. Consumer advocates are sceptical
  9. Kevin Lancaster

    All private digital information at risk: Microsoft

    All private digital information at risk: Microsoft Microsoft argued Monday in a court brief that an order requiring it to give US prosecutors data stored in Ireland could “put all of our private digital information at risk”
  10. Kevin Lancaster

    U.S. gathering cell phone data using aeroplanes

    U.S. gathering cell phone data using aeroplanes An agency of the U.S. Justice Department is gathering data from thousands of cell phones by using fake communications towers on airplanes
  11. Kevin Lancaster

    Governments demanding Facebook user information

    Governments demanding Facebook user information Facebook Inc said requests by governments for user information rose by about a quarter in the first half of 2014 over the second half of last year
  12. Kevin Lancaster

    Facebook rethinks user research methods

    Facebook rethinks user research methods Facebook tightened the reins Thursday on its research methods in the wake of an outcry by members who felt manipulated by a secret study
  13. Kevin Lancaster

    Google must get permission to create user profiles: watchdog

    Google must get permission to create user profiles: watchdog A German data protection watchdog told Google Inc on Tuesday to seek users’ permission for creating data profiles from its various services
  14. Kevin Lancaster

    Google under government pressure

    Google under government pressure Google Inc said it was facing increasing pressure from governments around the world to reveal user information in criminal investigations
  15. Kevin Lancaster

    How to protect your private data online

    How to protect your private data online Recent hacks exposing nude photographs of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities are prompting calls for people to fortify their online accounts with a second layer of security
  16. Kevin Lancaster

    Deutsche Post to launch WhatsApp competitor

    Deutsche Post to launch WhatsApp competitor Deutsche Post is starting a smartphone messenger service designed to be especially secure, focused on data privacy
  17. Kevin Lancaster

    Facebook admits fault in "secret experiment"

    Facebook admits fault in “emotion study” Facebook “communicated really badly” about its controversial 2012 study, the social network has admitted
  18. Kevin Lancaster

    Facebook's "social experiment" under investigation

    Facebook investigated over secret experiment Facebook’s 2012 “social experiment” may have broken data protection laws
  19. jes

    Google has nothing to fear from new EU data law

    Google has nothing to fear from new EU data law Google, Facebook and other technology companies have been given a wake-up call with moves by Europe to impose stricter rules on data protection
  20. jes

    Germany urges strict EU data protection rules

    Germany urges strict EU data protection rules Angela Merkel called for EU-wide data protection rules and transparency from Internet giants
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