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Commercial use of biometric data increased dramatically in recent years: some software are now able to recognize physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, retinas, hand and facial geometry, as well as voices. This technology makes people’s life easier as their hand or voice may be enough to access their phone or bank account, and one single click may […]

Author discusses the possibility for directors and officers of companies doing business in Texas to be held personally liable for their company’s data breaches. The full text of the article is available at https://shawnetuma.com…

On October 25, 2016, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a revised code of practice and checklist on privacy notices, transparency and control. The code helps organizations required by the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) to “collect information about people, whether directly or indirectly” to provide transparent and accessible “privacy notices” to data subjects. The […]

  On September 13, 2016, Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a new Cybersecurity Regulation to Protect Consumers and Financial Institutions. The first-in-the-nation proposal aims to protect consumer data and financial systems from cyber-attacks of terrorist organizations and other criminal enterprises. The Regulation requires banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions to maintain a cybersecurity program […]

On August 25, 2016, WhatsApp issued a statement informing its users that the application’s terms and privacy policy was updated, which was also a consequence of WhatsApp’s joining Facebook. Allegedly WhatsApp wanted to modify the privacy policy to allow users to “communicate with businesses”.  WhatsApp notified all users –with the latest supported versions of the […]

The number of drones in Ireland is growing fast. Their increased use brings up a range of legal and commercial issues. In this note the authors discuss “two recently implemented statutory instruments, the Regulation of Drones Bill and the guidelines issued by the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the use of drones to comply with the […]

On July 20, 2016, the French data protection agency (CNIL) sent Microsoft a formal notice about alleged excesses in personal data collection and user tracking by Windows 10 operating system. Considering the seriousness of the deficiencies and the number of people affected (more than ten million users of Windows 10 in France), the CNIL sent […]

The author lists several questions you want to ask developers of Note-Taking and To-Do Apps to make sure that your data are secured. The full text is available at https://www.attorneyatwork.com…

According to this source and hearing transcripts on two motions to withdraw, Ovie Carroll, the director for the Cybercrime Lab at the Department of Justice, urged the federal judges present at a seminar to “use the TOR network to protect their personal information on their computers, like work or home computers, against data breaches, and the like”. Tor […]

  On April 2016, the Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) issued the Annual Track 2016, a research that assesses the level of awareness of UK population of its information/privacy rights. According to the document, the most important social issue for UK citizens is health care. Only 15% is concerned with protection of personal information. And the younger generations seem […]