Privacy

The British government says laws on biometric surveillance are adequate. An independent review disagrees.

The automation of numerous recruitment-related tasks has been growing at a frantic pace in recent years, with recruiters and HR managers increasingly striving to do more with less, whether that's filling vacancies faster, finding better candidates, or doing all of this with less money and manpower than ever.

While a survey points to the existing gender gap in online privacy awareness, both men and women in the US fail to take the necessary precautions to protect their private data.

By using stalkerware, an abuser violates user privacy and can put their own and the victim’s personal information at risk. However, many find it acceptable to stalk a suspectedly cheating partner.

70% of Americans have experienced scam attempts online and believe companies handling their personal information should be more regulated.

Considering the alarm bells around biometric surveillance tech, should we be concerned about the popularity of voice technology?

Following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the ripples continue to spread.

Get My Slice, which pays its users in exchange for data, left a 19GB-strong dataset with names, emails, and phone numbers unprotected. It claims to have resolved the issue within 24 hours of discovery.

In the wake of the landmark abortion ruling by the US Supreme Court, there are growing concerns that law enforcement could use your period-tracker data against you. And, as always, such apps also remain vulnerable to financially motivated cybercriminals.

Organizations found a way to keep tabs on their employees.

A new commitment from Google, Apple, and Microsoft promises the end of the password, but is the world ready for biometric scans and face IDs?

A yearlong legal complaint over the data harvesting practices of American facial recognition company Clearview AI has ended in a settlement that both sides say vindicates their point of view.

Welcome to the world of hyper-personalization: smartphones, wearable tech, and supermarket loyalty cards all know who you are, what you...

Biomedical data is vital in medicine, especially when it is successfully shared between researchers and healthcare providers. This process, however,...

The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Bill is meant to make the Internet a safer place. But 45 cybersecurity and IT...

Biometric technology has come a long way in the last few years, but it still isn’t at the point that...

The way we save, store, and access files has changed significantly over the last 20 years, with the rise of...

The Covid pandemic has accelerated not only digital adoption but also the scale and spread of scams. Every month, over...

Europol has released its long-awaited AI accountability framework as part of a project to guide law enforcement on the thorny...

Be it the latest NFT range, the digital land grab, or cryptocurrency trading platforms, the third generation of the internet is upon us. But with blockchain technologies offering rich pickings for cybercriminals, how do legitimate investors protect themselves? For one group of digital privacy entrepreneurs, the answer is staring us in the face – a peer-to-peer identity verification system.