Governments

Microsoft is the first company to support an international standard to guarantee privacy protection for personal data in cloud services. The ISO 27018 standard must, among other things, guarantee that companies do not sell personal data…

The government will start trials with eID, the intended successor to the current DigiD. With eID, people would be able to log in to institutions or companies thanks to a chip in the bank card or identity card and thereby have control over…

Under certain circumstances, and 'in line with civil rights', internet and telecom companies should be able to be forced to hand over their encryption keys. That is what the European Union's counterterrorism coordinator is arguing for.It…

Facebook has announced that the company will now show Amber alerts in people's news feed in the United States. The reports are region specific. It is still unclear whether the same will happen in Europe.The network site will partner with…

The security branch of Intel, formerly the independent McAfee, is coming with a password manager that offers users access to their passwords with facial recognition, among other things. Users can also log in to Windows using facial…

There are indications that malicious parties will attempt to shut down the Tor network in the coming days. It is not clear who is involved, but the Tor administrators would have found out that the attack will target the so-called…

German researchers have discovered functions in the signaling system no.7 protocol, or ss7, that allow large-scale interception of mobile telephone traffic even when using strong encryption. Ss7 is used by almost all telcos for mutual…

Ten municipalities in the Achterhoek are starting a company with the province of Gelderland in order to have broadband installed in rural areas. Deputy Jan Jacob van Dijk signed a letter of intent with the municipalities for this on…

The Danish owner of the company behind StealthGenie, an app that allows users to spy on other smartphone users, has been sentenced to a $500,000 fine. That is converted to more than 400,000 euros.The US Justice Department says it arrested…

Samsung has entered into a partnership agreement with BlackBerry. Samsung's Knox security platform will be made compatible with the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 12 management platform, both products aimed at the enterprise…