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A group of people wearing vr headsets at an event, but U.S. Sees Protectionism.

September 14, 2016

E.U. Rules Look to Unify Digital Market, but U.S. Sees Protectionism

A new set of rules, expected to be unveiled by European Union officials, is likely to put new pressure on American tech companies. Proposals would force some of the world’s largest tech companies to comply with stringent competition, privacy and copyright rules. For many executives from American tech companies such plans feel like another round of protectionism. While Europe’s policy […]

September 13, 2016

German spies violated law, says watchdog

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Leaked Germany’s federal data protection commissioner’s secret report reveals that Germany’s intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has repeatedly seriously violated law. According to report, the BND has created seven databases without the appropriate legal approval, and also transferred huge amount of data to NSA in US. Full article

September 13, 2016

EU urged to rethink planned net neutrality guidance

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In April EU net neutrality laws came into force, requiring internet service providers to “treat all traffic equally”. Earlier this summer the Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) published draft new guidelines setting out how EU net neutrality rules should be implemented by EU national regulators. However, draft is criticized by think tanks […]

September 12, 2016

3 essential security terms explained

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This article explains three commonly used security terms for non-technical people. Those terms are: “encryption”, “OAuth and OAuth2”, and “ransomware”. Full article

September 12, 2016

Privacy expert’s tips for preventing visual hacking

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“Visual hacking” is spying on physical items: like overlooking someone’s computer or mobile screen, desk, paper documents. These attacks are hard to notice and detect when it does happen. Kate Borten of the Visual Privacy Advisory Council shares her tips on how to secure against visual hacking. Full article

September 10, 2016

Facebook Censors Iconic Vietnam War Photo Over Nudity

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Editor in chief of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten criticized Facebook for removing post with Nick Ut’s iconic Vietnam War photograph of a naked girl fleeing napalm. Nick Ut won Pulitzer Prize for this photo but for but for Facebook the image was one that violated its standards about nudity on the social network. This critique renews questions about the company’s […]

September 8, 2016

How Private Investigators Use the Internet to Track You?

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Internet contains unimaginable amounts of data. So how hard it would be to track down you? And how to find what data is there about you on the internet? Full article

September 7, 2016

EU’s efforts to regulate FinTech may open new opportunities

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European Union’s lawmakers are known to trying regulate everything new or what’s not working as they wish. In many cases it backfires and leads to over-regulation and stagnation of innovation. However, it’s efforts to regulate financial markets may have been opened new opportunities for global FinTech industry looking for universal standards. FinTech companies may use clearly defined regulatory framework to create save environment and gain consumer […]

September 5, 2016

Darknet: Where Your Stolen Identity Goes to Live

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This article tries to shed some light on how identity theft and the second life of stolen identities. Stolen identity information is freely available on Darknet. Unfortunately, there is little individuals can do to protect themselves from identity thieves lurking on the Darknet to do them harm. For organizations, the best strategy is to educate […]

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