


Council of Europe calls for restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology
The Council of Europe has published “guidelines” to avoid what it terms significant risks to privacy and data protection posed by the increasing use of facial recognition technology. The human rights organisation...



Data Protection Day dawns as global privacy laws, concerns about protectionism increase
As citizens, businesses and governments mark the 40th anniversary of the first Data Protection Day, the importance of safeguarding sensitive personal data during the Covid-19 pandemic is on the top of everyone’s...


‘World’s most dangerous botnet’ used to infiltrate millions of machines taken down in international operation
A malware botnet that was used by cybercriminals to infiltrate thousands of companies and millions of computers worldwide has been taken down in an international operation. The operation, which was co-ordinated by...










