Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a written reprimand to both the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland about failures in how citizen’s personal data was used and handled by the NHS Scotland COVID Status app. Governments should not be making these types of mistakes. See the ICO article …
Stalkerware – Wikipedia Bruce Schneier has a link to an article that describes how stalkerware operates and the companies behind it. Vulnerability in Stalkerware Apps – Schneier on Security
I use Amazon – the world uses Amazon. The company has come a long way since it began just selling books to the role it played in the pandemic. But to fuel the growth of one of the world’s biggest companies requires huge amounts of data about you and me. …
Continue reading “Time to think about what Amazon knows about you – and some privacy advice”
So you are going to upgrade your computers – and what do you do with the old ones? What are your options? Pass the machine onto a junior in the organisation Donate the machine to good cause Sell or give it away to a member of staff or to someone …
Here is another Council losing control of the data of the people it is there to help. Redcar and Cleveland Council: Four serious data breaches reported – BBC News
