Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Google users in UK to lose EU data protection due to Brexit: Report

Current Affairs
Google is wanting to move its British clients' records out of the control of European Union security controllers, setting them under U.S. locale rather, sources said.
The move, provoked by Britain's exit from the EU, will leave the touchy individual data of several millions with less assurance and inside simpler reach of British law authorization. The change was portrayed to Reuters by three individuals acquainted with its arrangements. Google plans to require its British clients to recognize new terms of administration including the new ward.
Ireland, where Google and different U.S. tech organizations have their European home office, is remaining in the EU, which has one of the world's most forceful information security runs, the General Data Protection Regulation. Google has chosen to move its British clients out of Irish ward since it is misty whether Britain will adhere to GDPR or embrace different standards that could influence the treatment of client information, the individuals said.
On the off chance that British Google clients have their information kept in Ireland, it would be increasingly hard for British specialists to recuperate it in criminal examinations. The ongoing Cloud Act in the United States, be that as it may, is relied upon to make it simpler for British specialists to get information from U.S. organizations. England and the United States are likewise on track to arrange a more extensive exchange understanding.

Past that, the United States has among the most fragile security assurances of any significant economy, with no expansive law in spite of long stretches of backing by buyer insurance gatherings. A Google representative declined to remark in front of an open declaration...READ MORE

Monday, February 18, 2019

Facebook behaved liked 'digital gangsters' by flouting privacy laws: UK MPs

International News:

A scathing British parliamentary report branded Facebook "digital gangsters" that knowingly violated data privacy and competition laws.
Lawmakers' 18-month investigation into disinformation and "fake news" also accused Facebook of failing to faithfully fight Russia's alleged attempts to influence elections.

Cultural select committee chair Damian Collins said Facebook "deliberately sought to frustrate our work by giving incomplete, disingenuous and at times misleading answers to our questions." Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg turned down three requests to appear before the committee.

"Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like 'digital gangsters' in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law," the report said.
"Social media companies cannot hide behind the claim of being merely a 'platform' and maintain that they have no responsibility themselves in regulating the content of their sites." The committee urged a compulsory code of ethics for all tech companies that would be overseen by an independent regulator.

It said Facebook should be obliged to take down "sources of harmful content" and disinformation.

 "We further recommend that the Government launches an independent investigation into past elections - including the UK election of 2017, the UK Referendum of 2016, and the Scottish Referendum of 2014 - to explore what actually happened with regard to foreign influence," the report said...Read More