The Big Data and Privacy Working Group included president Obama’s science advisor John Holdren, his economic advisor Jeffrey Zients, and other senior administration officials. They studied the situation after Obama asked for a 90-day review in January this year. A White House working group has recommended that the US revise…
EFF Test Privacy Badger, New Tool to Stop Creepy Online Tracking
Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new extension for Firefox and Chrome called Privacy Badger. Privacy Badger automatically detects and blocks spying ads around the Web, and the invisible trackers that feed information to them. Privacy Badger is EFF’s answer to intrusive and objectionable practices in the online advertising industry,…
88% U.S. Consumers Are Worried About Data Privacy
A recent GfK survey of 1,000 U.S. citizens has found that 88 percent of respondents are at least “a little” concerned about the privacy of their personal data. The poll, conducted from March 7 to 9, 2014, also found that one third of consumers were directly impacted by the misuse…
Russia swipe IPads over privacy concerns
When it comes to privacy, everyone seems to be weiry on internet and Russian officials are also not an exception. Russian ministers have decided to leave ipad and choose Samsung devices because they believe that Apple with its American specifications might not be secure for them to handle confidential…
Snowden’s Christmas message: Privacy first
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden released an alternative Christmas message on Britain’s Channel 4. It is the network’s annual response t… ________________________ https://gregorydevans.com – http://gregorydevans.wordpress.com – http://hackerforhire.com – http://hackerforhireusa.com
Research Finds MAC Address Hashing Not a Fix for Privacy Problems
research project done by a graduate student at Stanford on the security of hashed MAC addresses in retail analytics software has shown that to be true once again. One of the things that has raised the hackles of privacy advocates in recent years is the rise of passive tracking of…
Jericho Systems to research data privacy for DHS
Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Dallas-based Jericho Systems Corp. has executed a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract with the DHS Science and Technology Directorate to use fine-grained access control policies and data labels to secure sensitive and personally identifiable data at DHS fusion centers. Read More…. View full post on The…
NSA appoints new civil liberties and privacy officer
John Wagley Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative The National Security Agency (NSA) has appointed Rebecca Richards as its first-ever civil liberties and privacy officer. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Data Privacy Day emphasizes importance of cybersecurity and online privacy
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: it_security Data Privacy Day was held on January 28 and was part of the National Cyber Security Alliance’s (NCSA) efforts to increase the general public’s awareness of privacy and cyber security issues. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Bills introduced to protect Americans’ data privacy
John Wagley Top Priority Sector: it_security Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) reintroduced legislation last week aimed to protect consumers from identity theft and account fraud and to establish a common set of data breach laws across the U. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars