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You may have suddenly started receiving privacy updates from all the internet sites, apps and services you use. That’s because the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation becomes law on May 25, 2018. It’s the clearest statement yet from any…
Thai telecoms regulator NBTC has instructed mobile operator True Move H to assess the impact of its recent personal data leak and offer compensation to any affected customers. The regulator also plans to conduct a formal investigation into the incident and…
Uber Technologies Inc failed to disclose a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million users of the ride-sharing service, the company’s new chief executive officer said on Tuesday. Discovery of the company’s handling of the incident led…
The change, which restores users’ ability to share location data only while using the app, is expected to be announced on Tuesday and rolled out to Apple Inc iPhone users starting this week. Uber Technologies Inc is pulling a heavily criticized feature from…
Private information on Australian mobile subscribers are being sold off by unscrupulous members of offshore call centers, according to an investigative report. The private details of customers from the market’s three operators – Optus, Telstra and Vodafone –…
More than half (55%) of consumers globally have decided against buying something online due to privacy concerns, a recent KPMG International survey indicates. The survey also revealed that less than 10% of consumers feel they have control over the way…
Privacy commissioner for personal data Stephen Kai-yi Wong has urged Hong Kong residents to vigilantly keep control of their personal data in wake of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) decision to grant Stored Value Facilities (SVF) licensesto five…
More than half of mobile applications are collecting “alarming” quantities of data, a new study indicates. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s HPE mobile application security report 2016 analyzes scans of more than 36,000 iOS and Android mobile apps, and reveals the…
The global market research firm TSN just released the results of a study—The Connected Life—that found nearly nine out of every ten shoppers (88%) in Singapore research products before making a purchasing decision. “It’s unsurprising that Singaporeans are…
