I have often written about privacy – it is an important concept that we should all understand – especially if you run a business and process personally identifiable information (PII). Here is a useful article for business owners from The Conversation discussing how UK citizen view and manage their personal …
Legal action threatened over data misuse
This is an interesting situation where the performance data of professional footballers is regularly being used by a wide range or businesses and organisations for profit, without the player’s consent. The players want compensation for this use. This is not just the high roller players from the top leagues it …
iOS 15 – a quick word about privacy
I updated my iPhone as soon as iOS 15 was generally available – see the story here: Here I just want to mention a feature that may be new and if it is not, I was not aware of it. I had some display issues with the iOS 15 and …
No biometric scanning in public areas
These are the first steps being taken in the rest of Europe to limit the ability of governments, governmental agencies and organisations to biometrically scan their innocent citizens as they walk down the street. The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance – Schneier on Security
The Tale of Marconi and the Ethical Hacker – #BeCyberSmart
A story of cybersecurity and privacy from 1903 The image above: British Post Office engineers inspect Marconi’s wireless telegraphy equipment, during a demonstration on Flat Holm island (Source: Cardiff Council Flat Holm Project via Wikimedia Commons) Guglielmo Marconi developed the wireless telegraph machine and in May 1897 he transmitted the …
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