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TOKYO, Oct 28, 2023 (AFP) – The EU and Japan agreed a deal Saturday on cross-border data flows that will facilitate online trade among businesses and send a strong message against “digital protectionism”, the European Union said. Signed on the sidelines of the ongoing G7 trade ministers’ meeting in Osaka, the agreement is meant to make doing online business “easier, less costly and more efficient”, the European Commission said in a statement. Specifically, it will […]
BRUSSELS, July 10, 2023 (AFP) – The European Commission said Monday it has adopted a new legal framework to protect Europeans’ personal data in exchanges with the United States — its third attempt to get past legal challenges. “Today we take an important step to provide trust to (EU) citizens that their data is safe, to deepen our economic ties between the EU and the US, and at the same time to reaffirm our shared […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — US prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into Facebook’s practice of sharing users’ data with companies without letting the social network’s members know, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed information from at least two major smartphone makers about such arrangements with Facebook, according to the Times. Regulators, investigators and elected officials around the world have already been digging into the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Apple chief executive Tim Cook called on US lawmakers Thursday to pass privacy legislation enabling consumers to see and delete their harvested online personal data from a central clearinghouse. Cook, writing in Time magazine, offered his view as the US Congress was set to consider tougher enforcement of privacy and data protection for online platforms. Several lawmakers and activist organizations have proposed data privacy measures, some of which contain elements […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has said the Department of Foreign Affairs’ former passport maker has run off with all passport applicants’ data. Locsin made the revelation as he urged those renewing their passports to bring their birth certficates with them as a result. DFA Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said the birth certificates should be brought by applicants renewing brown or green passports or maroon machine-readable ones because “we need to capture and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)–Nissan admitted Monday that data on exhaust emissions and fuel economy had been deliberately “altered,” dealing a blow to the Japanese car giant’s efforts to recover from an inspection scandal last year. The company did not say how many cars were affected by the falsifications, which were uncovered during voluntary tests of all parts of Nissan’s operations conducted in the wake of last year’s scandal. It said that tests on exhaust emissions and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook said Monday it has suspended “around 200” apps on its platform as part of an investigation into misuse of private user data. The investigation was launched after revelations that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica hijacked data on some 87 million Facebook users as it worked on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. “The investigation process is in full swing,” said an online statement from Facebook product partnerships vice president Ime Archibong. […]
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — US tech giant Apple announced Thursday it had shelved plans to build an 850-million-euro ($1.0-billion) data cent in Ireland over a court battle with conservationists who were seeking to preserve a forest. “Several years ago we applied to build a data centre at Athenry. Despite our best efforts, delays in the approval process have forced us to make other plans and we will not be able to move forward with the […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse SAN JOSE, United States (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world’s largest social network will soon include a new dating feature — while vowing to make privacy protection its top priority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Zuckerberg unveiled the plans as he addressed Facebook’s annual developers conference in San Jose, California — emphasizing that the focus would be on helping people find long-term […]
(Eagle News)–The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has begun its probe into a reported data breach following an attack on the websites of government organizations and others on April 1. In a statement on Tuesday, April 23, the NPC said it summoned on Monday officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) offices in Bacoor and Calamba, the province of Bulacan, Taguig City University, the Philippine Carabao Center, Republic Central Colleges in Angeles City and the Laguna State Polytechnic University. […]
MENLO PARK, United States (AFP) — Facebook announced Wednesday it would begin rolling out changes to how it handles private data this week to comply with forthcoming EU rules, with European residents seeing the measures first. The social network, which has been rocked by disclosures about hijacking of personal data on tens of millions of its users, said it will start implementing “new privacy experiences” to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]
(Eagle News)– The National Privacy Commission announced on Friday, April 13, that it was launching an investigation following Facebook’s admission data from over one million accounts of Filipinos may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. “We are launching an investigation into Facebook to determine whether there is unauthorized processing of personal data of Filipinos, and other possible violations of the Data Privacy Act,” an excerpt of the letter sent to Zuckerberg said. The letter, […]
