Four Canadian privacy agencies are launching an investigation to determine if donut giant Tim Hortons has obtained meaningful user consent for the data collection of personal information on their app. Read More
Europe’s highest court will soon deliver a judgement on the 'Schrems II' case that could see the controversial Privacy Shield accord between the EU and the U.S. struck down. Read More
Adding to the string of privacy issues, Anonymous promoted a claim that the reverse engineered Tiktok app was found to quietly vacuum up every bit of personal information that it can access. Read More
20 NGOs from across the world published a common statement about their serious concerns on Google's access to health data with the planned takeover of Fitbit. Read More
Critical TCP/IP security flaw in a widely used software library affects hundreds of millions of IoT devices connected to the internet, including products from HP, Intel and many others. Read More
Indian government has cited national security as the reason for banning 59 Chinese apps, including popular apps such as TikTok, UC Browser and Clash of Kings. Read More
Researchers attribute the sharp rise in DDoS attacks to malicious efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic when most consumers became dependent on online services while workers started working from home. Read More
Apple's new iOS 14 privacy labels will address data collection by displaying "data used to track you" and "data linked to you" for each app that is installed on a device. Read More
Computer security researchers uncovered a macOS ransomware that exclusively targets computers running the operating system, exploiting macOS users’ false sense of security. Read More
New report from the Information Security Forum (ISF) demonstrates that open source security continues to be a substantial risk even as organizations of all sizes are increasingly leaning on open source software for convenience and financial savings. Read More
