A news report has shown that authorities in Uganda have, in an unprecedented move, shut down the internet barely a few hours to the presidential and parliamentary elections slated for 14 January 2021. A letter from the Uganda Comm...
Verizon has launched a new search engine "OneSearch", marketed as having privacy-focused features, though remaining an ad-supported platform. As reported by the Verge, the company says that OneSearch allows to "search the in...
In a new letter sent to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on 14 January 2020, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) reiterates its concerns regarding the allocation of .amazon to the Amazo...
Microsoft released a new patch for the cryptographic vulnerability (CVE-2020-0601) in Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and 2019. It is reported that the US National Security Agency discovered the vulnerability and disclosed i...
In a new study, the Norwegian Consumer Council found that popular dating apps collect sensitive information, to share it with a myriad of advertisers. The data includes user's exact location, sexual orientation, religious and poli...
According to ZDNet, a hacker is currently selling a database of 49 million business contacts online, a server which allegedly belonged to LimeLeads, a US data broker based in California. It appears that the company had failed to s...
CNIL, the French data protection authority, has opened a consultation on its draft recommendation on cookies and trackers. As part of its action plan on ad-tracking, the authority is asking stakeholders to contribute on the practi...
The World Economic Forum published a report that provides a new framework for defining quality education in the new economic and social context and shares key features of 16 schools, systems, and programmes pioneering the fut...
The newEU Trade Mark Directive (2015/2436) has entered into force in the UK through the new UK trademark regulation. The new regulation will bring many changes including: terms of licencing and assignment, seizure of goods passing...
A California federal judge has ruled that law enforcement may not compel suspects to unlock devices with biometric identifiers, including fingerprint or iris scans, calling the practice unconstitutional. (U.S. v. Search, case numb...
As reported byBild am Sonntag, Germany's Federal Cartel Office is concerned that Facebook users have not consented to be tracked across the internet when they signed up for the firm's offerings. The German authority is expected to...
The Japanese Ministry of Information and Ministry of Internal affairsannounced the development of a set of guidelines tackling the spread of misinformation online especially during electoral campaigns and natural disasters. These ...