July, 2012

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Chrome 20 on Linux and Flash sandboxing

Scary Beasts Security

[Very behind on blog posts so time to crank some out] A week or so ago, Chrome 20 was released to the stable channel. There was little fanfare and even the official Chrome blog didn't have much to declare apart from bugfixes. There were some things going on under the hood for the Linux platform, though. Security things, and some of them I implemented and am quite excited by.

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MicroSD memory cards to be excluded from copyright levies

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In a press release entitled “Harper Government Says No to Fees on Memory Cards”, Minister of Industry Christian Paradis announced the […].

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Copying ID documents – Dutch data regulator issues guidance

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

We have all been asked before to provide copies of our passports to organisations such as telecoms providers, hotels and car rental companies. […].

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Supreme Court decision on fair dealing

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Today the Supreme Court of Canada determined that 30 second previews of songs offered by online music services constitute “fair dealing […].

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The Importance of User Roles and Permissions in Cybersecurity Software

How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

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New European A29 Guidance on “Privacy in the Cloud”

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Privacy debates in connection with cloud computing often generate more heat than light! Some regulators (not in the UK!) have […].

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It’s Friday 13th! Time to consider the cost of getting privacy wrong

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Today is Friday 13th; so timely to consider the news stories this week saying that Google will soon be fronting up to […].

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