Thinking their children are occupied with a friendly game on the iPad, parents may be less pleased to learn that many mobile apps for kids collect personal information without their knowledge.
The Golden State recently revived a decade-old law to begin going after alleged offenders whose mobile apps don't contain a "conspicuous" privacy policy.
The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it has settled with a now-defunct behavioral ad firm that used "history sniffing" technology to secretly monitor the browsing habits of users.
The PCI Security Standards Council, the body that manages payment security industries guidelines, on Friday released a methodology for meeting a risk management requirement included in the standard.
Last month, President Obama signed the "secret" measure, called the "Presidential Policy Directive 20," which will allow the military to more aggressively fight cyber threats.
In this video, SC Magazine chats with Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sophos, about the state of surveillance following the recent headlines involving CIA director, General David Petraeus.
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