GCHQ is being taken to task for a mass surveillance program first revealed by the Snowden leak, marking the first ruling against the UK government of this nature.
EU court recently ruled for website operators to seek user consent before transferring personal data via the Facebook ‘like’ button. This could have an impact to operators’ commercial gains and user experience when using the websites.
Long the weakest link in networks, smart devices and similar connected devices could soon be forced to bolster their defenses by the EU Cyber Resilience Act, requiring design-level security and ongoing patching.
Proposed EU Cyber Resilience Act includes a vulnerability disclosure requirement that would have all manufacturers report to the government within 24 hours of first discovered exploitation. In most cases, this would mean disclosing before the vulnerability has been mitigated.
The Digital Markets Act focuses on Big Tech, and its requirements would force message interoperability among other terms that Facebook and similar services are unlikely to be happy about.
The European Vulnerability Database was announced via press release on May 13, which indicated that the undertaking is already operational. Though the timing is likely coincidental to at least some degree, the announcement comes just weeks after the MITRE CVE database avoided defunding.
A new handbook published by crypto advocacy group European Crypto Initiative (EUCI) warns that EU regulators will ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins by 2027, according to the terms of the recently adopted Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR).
European Commission is deliberating whether to adopt a three to five-year facial recognition ban that will give them some time to figure out how best to regulate the new technology.
noyb’s privacy complaint characterizes PPA as an improvement over traditional user tracking via cookies, but says that it is insufficient to meet GDPR standards.
noyb is bringing GDPR complaints against a number of companies that use "cookie banners" to collect consent for identification and tracking measures when websites are visited.
