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Japan considers applying domestic privacy rules to global tech giants
A communications ministry panel says Japan should consider a legal revision so it can impose "secrecy of communications" rules on overseas-based technology giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.com. The panel of experts released the finding Monday in a draft list of issues related ...
Japan seeks to ban global tech giants from using content contained in emails and other data
The communications ministry plans to prohibit global information technology giants from using email content and other communications data without users' consent, informed sources said Friday. Domestic companies are already subject to the restriction, as Japan's telecommunications business law requires them to observe a constitutional guarantee ...
German, 20, confesses to massive data hack spurred by 'annoyance'
German authorities on Tuesday said a 20-year-old hacker had confessed to stealing and leaking private data from hundreds of politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, because he was "annoyed" by some of their public statements. The young German, who is still studying and lives with his ...
Samsung smartphone users get a shock: They can't delete Facebook
Nick Winke, a photographer in the Pacific Northwest, was perusing internet forums when he came across a complaint that alarmed him: On certain Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones, users aren't allowed to delete the Facebook app. Winke bought his Samsung Galaxy S8, an Android-based device that ...
Nonexhibitor Apple makes privacy key selling point at Las Vegas tech show
Apple is not among the exhibitors at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, but that didn't prevent the iPhone maker from sending a message to attendees on a large billboard. "What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone," Apple says in the message to be ...
The newly installed U.S. Congress is expected to see a fresh effort to develop new regulations for big technology firms, with a focus on tougher enforcement of privacy and data protection. The wave of data scandals that have hit Facebook and other online platforms has ...
Germany's BSI cyberdefense agency on Saturday defended its role in responding to a far-reaching data breach, saying it could not have connected individual cases it was aware of last year until the entire data release became public. The government said Friday that personal data and ...
Hackers publish personal data from Angela Merkel and hundreds of German public figures online
Twitter suspended on Friday an account that posted links to sensitive personal data and documents stolen by hackers from hundreds of German public figures and politicians — from every political party but the far-right Alternative for Germany. The exposed material included addresses, cellphone numbers and ...
What happens when Alexa gets too smart or too human?
Millions of users of Amazon's Echo speakers have grown accustomed to the soothing strains of Alexa, the human-sounding virtual assistant that can tell them the weather, order takeout and handle other basic tasks in response to a voice command. So a customer was shocked last ...
Google seen 'taking steps' to open Vietnam office in line with new law hit for targeting dissent
Google is taking steps to set up an office in Vietnam to comply with a new law, Hanoi said Tuesday, as the communist country prepares to enact a controversial cyber bill that critics say is aimed at silencing dissent. The cybersecurity law, which mirrors China's ...
Microsoft urges tech rivals to follow suit as it unveils facial recognition principles
Microsoft said Thursday it was adopting a set of principles for deployment of facial recognition technology, calling on industry rivals to follow suit and for new laws to avert a dystopian future. Microsoft President Brad Smith made the announcement at a Brookings Institution speech and ...
Hackers behind a massive breach at the Marriott International hotel group left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter. Marriott said last week that a hack that began four years ago had exposed ...
