US President issues executive order to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from being transferred to hostile nation states
Privacy move. California passes the Delete Act, so users can to remove their personal online data from a single page
Every police officer in Northern Ireland has had their names and departmental locations exposed in a self-inflicted data breach
Londonderry-based IT firm Evide says personal data from charity clients stolen following ransomware attack as organisations warn of fraud risk
Sharing private residential information, even if data is publicly available, should not be allowed by Facebook, Oversight Board rules
FBI urges athletes competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics to leave their personal devices at home, and rather carry burner…
Privacy overstep? Personal photos and videos of private individuals tweeted without the consent of the person(s) depicted will be removed
Argentine government database containing ID card data of all citizens has been stolen by a hacker, and that data is…
Check default settings. Names, phone and social security numbers made public to organisations using Microsoft’s Power Apps platform
Scraped data of nearly half a billion LinkedIn users is being sold online, with two million records being published as…
Information Commissioner's Office puts adtech companies on notice as it relaunches investigation into widespread non-compliance with privacy rules
US judge rejects government appeal to reverse earlier decision allowing Chinese app WeChat to remain available in US app stores
Today is the 14th annual Data Protection Day. Silicon UK speaks to Bob Canaway, Chief Marketing Officer, Privitar to gain…
Sorry folks. Twitter admits to inadvertently using people's email and phone numbers provided for security purposes, for advertising
Norwich 19-year-old found to have made hundreds of thousands of pounds in Bitcoin from selling compromised personal data and on-demand…
Mobile Network Insights service provided aggregated, anonymised user data to mobile operators to help them spot network weaknesses
Home of former Seattle software engineer raided after July theft of personal details of millions of credit card applicants
The move could help Google improve its privacy image – while at the same time giving it an advantage over…
Hacker treasure trove. Equifax data breach also saw the theft of data belonging to 3,200 passports
Domain name registrars estimate parts of ICANN's still-unfinished plans could take 'years' to implement
The credit reporting giant was reportedly hit by a separate major breach in March, weeks before the theft of personal…
The 36-year-old was arrested in Los Angeles on hacking charges linked to the high-profile hacks of the US Office of…
The hack was carried out to warn patients that their personal data is being exposed, according to an alleged member…
Dreamhost said it plans to fight a search warrant demanding information on a protest site, including the IP addresses of…
AWS SUMMIT: Amazon has released Macie, an AI-powered tool aimed at securing data held in the cloud, following a string…
LinkedIn must allow startup HiQ to collect data from public profiles in a case that tests how much control internet…
Researchers discovered the porn habits of a judge and the drug preferences of a German MP by viewing supposedly anonymised…
The fund will be available for anyone with a "valid claim" for being affected by the 2015 breach
Someone tell Tom! Myspace is a "graveyard of personal data" that anyone can access
Unprotected AWS server lets anyone get up close and personal with WWE customer data