Top news of the week: 07.05.2020.
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Data Privacy
Exclusive: Warning Over Chinese Mobile Giant Xiaomi Recording Millions Of People’s ‘Private’ Web And Phone Use
Xiaomi is collecting users’ browser habits and phone usage, raising red flags for privacy researchers.
RT @chey_cobb: You can always depend on The Register for pithy remarks:
"Presumably the goal with this kind of explanation is to comfort the vast majority of UK folk who don't understand how the entire internet economy works by connecting vast databases together."
https://t.co/x3tkANQJJu
OpenUK finds itself almost alone with centralized virus contact-tracing app that probably won't work well, asks for your location, may be illegal
Herd immunity all over again
The Netherlands: Fine imposed on employer processing fingerprints employees https://t.co/K6PHXsvMpL via @@DLA_Piper
OpenThe Netherlands: Fine imposed on employer processing fingerprints of employees
By Stephanie Reinders Folmer and Richard van Schaik The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA“) issued a fine of EUR 725,000 for a company unlawfully ...
RT @adrianweckler: Irish govt confirms it has pinned its contact-tracing app to the Apple-Google API... but admits its timeline is now dependent on them.
https://t.co/WUrWc02hjs
OpenGovernment says new contact-tracing app timeline now dependent on Apple and Google
The government says that Ireland’s upcoming contact-tracing app will be based on the model being developed by Apple and Google, and that it will not initially gather location data.
Cyber Security Roundup for May 2020
A UK view on Cyber (IT Security) & Information Security. Covers everything Computer Security from the basics to the advanced
RT @db_digest: Cyber Attacks Threaten Tax Preparers, Accountants And Auditors During Coronavirus Crisis
https://t.co/EfsV6NulZk
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OpenCyber attacks threaten tax pros and accountants during coronavirus crisis
The pandemic is 'turning up the volume' on security risks, according to security experts.