Jamie Yap reports: The Singapore parliament on Monday night finally passed the personal data protection bill that is designed to safeguard an individual’s personal data against misuse. It encompasses a national Do-Not-Call registry and a new enforcement agency will be tasked to regulate the management of personal data by businesses and impose financial penalties. In…
Google told to fix privacy policy by EU data regulators
BBC reports: EU watchdogs have said Google’s privacy rules do not comply with their laws. It follows the firm’s decision in March to consolidate 60 separate privacy policies into a single agreement. The move allowed it to pool data from across its products, including use of its video site YouTube, social network Google+ and web…
Facebook removes two-factor authentication mobile numbers from search
Lucian Constantin reports: Facebook users who have associated a mobile phone number with their accounts in order to enable the “Login Approvals” security feature can no longer be found on the website based on those phone numbers, the company said Monday. Facebook’s search system provides reverse lookup functionality that allows users to find other people…
Highest Court in the European Union To Rule On Biometrics Privacy
Katitza Rodriguez of EFF has more on the use of fingerprints in EU passports, a topic I’ve covered on this blog occasionally: Courts are investigating the legality of a European Union regulation requiring biometric passports in Europe. Last month, the Dutch Council of State (Raad van State, the highest Dutch administrative court) asked the European Court of Justice…