privacy

The Internet of Things – everyday objects connected to the Web – currently seems like an inescapable future. There is a market for such things and devices, but …

Iowa State University has revealed yesterday that five of its departmental servers on campus have been hacked, and that Social Security numbers of nearly 30,000 of its past …

As more and more of our daily life happens online, the issue of online privacy should be of prime importance to each of us. Unfortunately, it’s not. Most users are not …

Lavaboom, a German secure email service that aims to provide users with the most secure email account they will ever own (their words), will go into private beta around …

Hackers have targeted Harley Medical Group, one of the leading cosmetic surgery provider in the UK, and have apparently made off with personal information entered into the …

French computer storage hardware manufacturer LaCie has suffered a data breach that affected a yet unconfirmed number of their customers. “On March 19, 2014, the FBI …

Almost nine in ten (88%) US consumers are at least “a little” concerned about the privacy of their personal data, according to GfK. One in three consumers also …

In a testimony delivered by video-link from Moscow, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed to EU parliamentarians that the US NSA is actively spying on human rights …

After lurking in the shadows for the first ten months of 2013, cybercriminals unleashed the most damaging series of cyberattacks in history. Symantec’s Internet Security …

It’s a good thing that the European Union is working on a new Data Retention Directive, as the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on Tuesday that the one issued …

If you are a regular Facebook user but you haven’t reviewed your privacy settings in a while, you may have already seen Facebook’s new “privacy …

A considerable portion of U.S. adults who’ve ever used free public WiFi say they have accessed sensitive information while using it. According to a PRIVATE WiFi survey, …