Like a lot of cell phone users, you may be wondering just what your wireless company knows about you. Can it see what kinds of apps you’re running on your phone and where you go online while you’re out and about? Can it tell what types of phones and tablets are connected to their networks, and how much data they consume? The answer to these questions is “yes.”
Honda's Canadian division has suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of 283,000 customers, according to its website and published media reports.
The purloined data includes the names, addresses and vehicle identification numbers of customers who made purchases in 2009. The company is warning customers to be wary of scams, which could use the stolen information to trick customers into revealing additional data, which could be used in identity theft.
New details about the NSA’s post–Sept. 11 domestic surveillance programs have emerged in a stunning New Yorker article about NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, who faces trial next month for allegedly leaking information about waste and mismanagement at the agency.
PlayStation users don't have to be told it's privacy awareness week. As they're waiting for their lives to restart - sorry, their online gaming to be restored - they may be feverishly checking their credit card accounts in case any mysterious transactions appear.
According to a blog posting by Sony communications director Patrick Seybold, the hackers got away with not only the profile data on PlayStation Network and Qriocity systems, and "we cannot rule out the possibility" that credit card data was taken.
Android phones could be offering up usernames and passwords to hackers, allowing sensitive data to be siphoned off.
Researchers from the Institute of Media Informatics at Ulm University have discovered that Android devices could offer up user's Google Calendar, Contacts and Picasa information.
Security firm Symantec's Australian chief has revealed how his personal credit card details were leaked by a Melbourne restaurant, which he said highlighted the need for mandatory privacy breach notification laws.
The security chief, Craig Scroggie, told of his experience at a Symantec roundtable discussion in Sydney last week which revealed the average cost of a data breach to Australian companies was $2 million.
Britain has secured the backing of a majority of EU member states to extend the proposed EU directive on passenger name records to include flights within Europe.
UK Immigration Minister Damian Green claimed European Council backing for the UK's campaign to include intra-EU flights in a Commons statement given yesterday.
It used to be that only the CIA, James Bond and Spider-Man had the technology necessary to attach a tracking device to a vehicle and keep tabs on it wherever it goes. But now that GPS trackers are cheaper than TV sets, everyone from local police to car-rental companies are getting into the act. And with the Barack Obama administration urging the Supreme Court to allow warrantless GPS tracking, the number of vehicles trundling around with tracking devices attached might be getting a lot higher soon. Is your car one of them? We'll show you how to find out.
Last week we reported that GPS maker TomTom was selling customer data to the police in the Netherlands who were then taking that data and using it to setup speed traps in order to increase their revenue. Harold Goddijn, CEO of the company, posted an apology letter on the TomTom website stating, “TomTom fully understands some of customers do not like this and we will amend the licensing conditions to stop this type of usage in near future.”
Facebook's an appalling spy machine? That's what WikiLeakers founder (and Martina Navratilova impersonator) Julian Assange is saying. In an interview with Russia Times, the floppy-haired leaker extraordinaire declares:
