• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jun-15-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Online password locker LastPass hacked

LastPass users will be prompted to change their master passwords after the online password locker company reported that its network was breached on Friday.
The company revealed the breach in a blog post Monday after investigating “suspicious activity” discovered by its […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jun-15-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on EU Council OKs contentious data privacy plan, pushing reform forward

The EU Council has issued a long-awaited, hotly debated plan for online privacy, moving the EU’s reform of data-protection laws closer to reality.The Council says that the plan will give people more control over their personal data, but privacy groups […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jun-15-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on EU Council OKs contentious data privacy plan, pushing reform forward

The EU Council has issued a long-awaited, hotly debated plan for online privacy, moving the EU’s reform of data-protection laws closer to reality.The Council says that the plan will give people more control over their personal data, but privacy groups […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jun-15-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Facebook’s privacy problems in Belgium highlight weaknesses in EU legislation

A Belgian privacy lawsuit targeting Facebook highlights the difficulties national regulators will face policing the activities of international Internet companies until new privacy laws are passed.The Belgian Commission for the Protection of Privacy is unhappy with the way Facebook handles […]