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Facebook's Zuckerberg arranges one-day holiday to discuss privacy in Poland
The Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's day-long vacation in Warsaw sees him stop by the Ministry for Administrative Affairs and Digitisation for a chat about privacy.
Twitter steps up security with two-factor authentication option
After a long string of high profile attacks on accounts held by government and news agencies, Twitter is finally stepping up its game.
Microsoft to launch Australian Azure hosting region
After previously dismissing data sovereignty as a non-issue, Australian customers will have the option to consume Windows Azure services through local datacentres, at some unknown point in the future.
Privacy Commissioner opens new Telstra privacy investigation
Telstra is again in the Australian Privacy Commissioner's sights, with Timothy Pilgrim stating that his office will open a new investigation into the matter due to the telco's latest privacy bungle.
Countdown clock begins for Singapore data compliance
The official "in-force" date for the country's Personal Data Protection Act has been set for July 2, 2014, and organizations shouldn't underestimate the time and effort needed to ensure compliance.
Bloomberg taps former IBM CEO Palmisano for privacy, data advice
The announcement comes shortly after a scandal at the financial data services company in which reporters were given access to terminal customers' data.
U.S. attorney general: Government should get a warrant before email, cloud storage snooping
The U.S.' highest ranking lawyer supports changes to existing email and online storage snooping laws, which are currently under scrutiny in the U.S. House.
Telstra apologetic after old customer data leaks online
The telco that said its privacy bungles 'must not happen again' has found itself apologising yet again after old customer data was found leaking into the public domain.
Strongbox: Aaron Swartz's last gift to internet privacy
Aaron Swartz is no longer with us, but his last major project, Strongbox, is bringing privacy to internet users.
Singapore's Do-Not-Call registry to start January 2014
A public consultation exercise is underway to gather feedback over operational details. Workshops and training collaborations will also be rolled out to educate firms, especially SMBs, and help them get ready.
U.K. data watchdog joins global privacy policy compliance audit
The U.K.'s data protection authority is joining a global audit of website privacy policies in order to build a better picture of how U.K.-based websites are complying with the law.
New House privacy bill will require apps to gain consent before sharing personal data
A new House of Representatives bill, designed to securely maintain user data and simplify app privacy, will including provisions allowing users to demand that their data is deleted once it is no longer used.
Greens predict 'kinder, gentler' data retention to return post-election
Australian Greens communications spokesperson Scott Ludlam has predicted that data retention will return after the September election.
Javelin study narrows down consumer cost to Global Payments breach
Taking 1.5 million cards into account, Javelin estimated that $707 million in fraud will occur through the misuse of the card data that was breached last spring.
Fingerprint scanners to curb Indian public servant absenteeism
India's department of personnel and training will be making use of a biometrics access system where workers will need to use their fingerprints to log in their attendance and work hours.