Global Privacy Enforcement Network Archives

Mobile security and privacy demands made by Canadian watchdog

12/15/201412/13/2014 Julie Campbell

The Privacy Commissioner in the country has now joined 22 Canadian and global counterparts in an open letter. The Canadian Privacy Commissioner has recently joined with 22 other watchdog groups and regulators within Canada and other parts of the world in an open letter that has been issued to tech giants such as Apple and Google, calling for massive improvements to the mobile security control that users have over the use of their private information by apps. The letter has been issued to seven of the largest app marketplace operators…

Mobile security holes exist in 85 percent of apps

09/15/201409/13/2014 Stephanie Beck

A worldwide study has suggested that there are considerable privacy gaps present in most applications. Recently, a global study that was conducted on the type of mobile security that has been worked into apps in order to help to protect the privacy of the user, and it determined that the typical application is coming up short. The study was commissioned by the UK Information Commissioners Office (CIO). What the ICO study discovered was that 85 percent of the apps that were examined did not have adequate mobile security to protect…