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19Sep 2018 by Herbert K. Ellis No Comments

How To Improve Your Online Privacy 2018

Recently there have been some massive data breaches. Recently, the Cambridge Analytica was involved in a scandal whereby they were found culpable of scooping private data of 50 million Facebook users without seeking their consent. Even Facebook, a social media giant, could not protect the data of its users thus proving that no one is responsible for your privacy online. Cambridge Analytica’s scandal was just a tip of the iceberg. However, you can take control and improve online privacy, and here we explore how you can exactly do that. 1. Review your browser extension and permissions for mobile apps Mobile apps always request permission to access your files, contacts, geolocation, and camera among other features. Once you allow these apps permission, you’re profiled and your data may be given out…

VPN Data Security| How does VPN keep your data secure?

VPN Data Security

For web clients around the world, a Virtual Private Network or VPN has turned into a virtual need. Different reasons for the developing popularity of VPNs incorporate endeavours to sidestep the censorship rules of restrictive governments, accessing online content which would some way or another be inaccessible, or basically foiling the endeavours of advertisers and application developers to utilize personal data for who knows what – or from besieging clients with undesirable messages and targeted promotions. Thus, they're well known. In any case, numerous clients stay unaware of how precisely it is that a Virtual Private Network keeps their data secure. VPN is a Private Network interfacing an individual client (which could be a man or a whole association) to different points – despite the fact that that system itself…

Smart Surveillance Technologies

Compliance, Data Privacy, Data Projection, Surveillance Technologies

In the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks, surveillance is becoming ubiquitous in our society. "Smart" surveillance technologies and assemblages (or combinations) of such technologies are emerging, supposedly to combat crime and terrorism, but in fact are being used for a variety of purposes, many of which intrude upon the privacy of law-abiding citizens. Surveillance systems and technologies are no longer confined to law enforcement authorities, intelligence agencies and the military – modern information technology has manifested surveillance as an everyday phenomenon. Already today, surveillance technology monitors traffic on our roads and passengers on the Underground; government services use surveillance technology to check who is really entitled to social services; employers monitor employee keystrokes, e-mails and phone calls; and Internet service providers inspect their customers' data traffic to target…