Orange will not use Phorm, Says Privacy is in its DNA

Broadband service provider Orange is not going to use controversial tracking technology from Phorm (at least not for now) because it values the privacy of its customers according to Paul-François Fournier

THU 30 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Giant Databases, A Risk for Millions Of UK Citizens, Says Information Commissioner

Nearly 280 serious data breaches have been recorded by the authority in charge of making sure individuals' data is protected and to make it worse, less than a quarter of that number were down to stolen devices

WED 29 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Government Faces in-fightning Over Big Brother Database Plans

The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is facing growing dissent over plans elaborated by the government to build a gigantic, Orwellian, database that can keep a record of every phone calls, emails and internet sessions carried out in the UK

TUE 21 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

UK Government Postpones Controversial Mother Of All Databases

The Home Secretary may be carving in to growing demands to reconsider rolling out a scheme that would pave the way for a gigantic database and said that the law will be debated in 2009, rather than for the end of this year

THU 16 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Mother of All Databases Could Become Big Brother Nightmare, says UK Government Watchdog

The attempt by the current UK government to log each and every email, browsing session and phone calls made in the UK, in what some have called a Big brother database, has been severely criticised by its s own anti-terrorism watchdog

WED 15 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Online advertisers being scammed by advertising fraud

Now here's a story that strikes at the heart of the modern Internet: a report just released suggests that online advertising firms lack the tekkie expertise to detect when they're being defrauded.

FRI 10 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

UK Government Plans £12 bn Database To Track All Emails, Phone Calls and Browsing Sessions

In a move that would certainly have given shivers to the late George Orwell, the UK Government is apparently planning a gigantic £12 bn database that will log and track internet browsing habits, emails and phone records of everyone living in Britain

MON 06 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Did the Chinese Government Spy On Skype Conversations Without Ebay's Approval?

SUN 05 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

BT Starts New Trial Of Phorm Ad Tracker System Tomorrow

BT will start running a new trial of the often decried Phorm scheme also known as BT Webwise with customers being "selected" on an anonymous basis to participate in the trial via a specially setup webpage that will appear as soon as they open their web browser

MON 29 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

It's the Privileged Activity You're After....Not Just the Privileged Users

It’s a problem that I see organizations struggling with every day. An audit finding has come down requiring the monitoring of privileged users in databases containing sensitive or regulated data

SUN 21 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News