The EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) is the strongest privacy and security law in the world. This regulation updated and modernised the principles of the 1995 data protection directive. It ...

Apple is fairly consistent in rolling out new security and privacy options for its users, and one of the latest to be pushed to the public at large is Advanced Data Protection. As the name suggests, ...

Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. The United States has various federal and state laws that cover different aspects of data privacy, like health data, financial ...

For some time now, consumers and internet users across the globe have willingly relinquished large amounts of personal information to businesses, and as a consequence, we have seen companies with data ...

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) does not have any power to order an organization to pay compensation to an affected data subject. In the case of administrative fines, any funds collected ...

The European Commission on Friday issued its first assessment of the 1995 Data Protection Directive, arguing that data protection legislation has achieved many of its aims, but admitting it still ...

The British government says it will publish a "statement of intent" today (Monday 7 August) covering its plans to strengthen the UK's data protection law. It aims to improve consumer rights, and will ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple’s new Advanced Data Protection can add a robust layer of security to your iCloud backups. Apple’s new ...

Last year, I wrote an article that discussed the implications of the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (commonly referred to as GDPR), which came into effect last May. GDPR's ...

In today’s data-driven business environment, companies must contend with a massive amount of information every day. The success of many businesses relies on a large amount of that data being readily ...

In early December 2022, Apple announced a significant change to iCloud data encryption. Previously, Apple split the way it protected your data synced via iCloud: On Dec. 13, 2022, Apple rolled out ...