The Swedish Data Protection Authority (DPA), Datainspektionen, has fined a co-operative housing association 20,000 Swedish kronor and banned it from using video surveillance. After receiving numerous complaints claiming a co-operative housing association was monitoring the public stairwell in the association’s apartment building, the Swedish DPA launched an investigation. That revealed the association had four cameras […]
Author: Meera Narendra
Jamaican Senate passes privacy bill
Jamaica’s new Data Protection Act 2020 was passed in the Senate today and will take effect in 2022. Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, Leader of Government Business, said the bill will take effect after a two-year transitional period, whereby a public education exercise will be undertaken. “It is anticipated that during this transition period, it will […]
Australian prime minister warns of sophisticated state-based cyber attacks
An ongoing sophisticated state-based cyber attack is targeting Australia’s government and institutions, according to the country’s prime minister. Prime minister Scott Morrison announced today that the cyber attacks were targeting Australian organisations across a range of sectors, including industry, political organisations, health, essential services, education and all levels of government. “We know it is a […]
UK government abandons contact-tracing app for Apple and Google model
In a major U-turn the UK government has abandoned efforts to develop its own centralised coronavirus contact-tracing app, and is shifting to a model developed by Google and Apple. The move follows months and millions of pounds invested in developing the technology which many experts had warned wouldn’t work. The NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app was […]
PwC develops facial recognition tools to monitor employees
Global accounting firm PwC has developed a facial recognition tool specifically for financial institutions to monitor employees working from home. The tool recognises the faces of its employees via their computer’s webcam, and requires them to provide a written reason for any unauthorised periods of time not in front of their screen. According to PwC, […]
Police forces falling down on mobile data extraction, says ICO
Many police forces in England and Wales are using data obtained from mobile devices in a way which is excessive and with little or no justification, according to an investigation by the regulator The investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office also examined relevant data protection rules, and identified the lack of agreement between different stakeholder […]
Zoom to offer end-to-end encryption to all users
Zoom has announced it will offer end-to-end encryption (E2EE) as an advanced add-on feature for all of its users, after criticism of initial plans to limit it to paying users. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan explained that the plans to exclude E2EE for free users was to allow the possibility of the platform working together with […]
Cognizant discloses data breach
IT services giant Cognizant has announced that a ransomware attack has resulted in unencrypted data being accessed. On April 17, Cognizant began warning its clients that the company was targeted by the Maze Ransomware so that they could disconnect themselves from Cognizant and protect themselves from the ransomware. In a notice of data breach, filed […]
Half of companies postponed cybersecurity initiatives to focus on virus-related remote work setup
Forty per cent of businesses were forced to delay cybersecurity initiatives in order to prepare for remote working during coronavirus lockdowns, according to research. The survey of 500 IT professionals in companies with more than 1,000 employees in the UK, US, Canada, Germany, France and Ireland was commissioned by Sectigo. Although investing in WFH infrastructure […]
Reaping the rewards of AI within financial services
Artificial Intelligence (AI), in a broad sense, is very simple; it is the use of computers to perform tasks much quicker than humans could. It is often used to analyse large sets of data, finding patterns and connections that achieve an outcome without the need for human intervention. Today, most people understand the data driven […]