Cybersecurity, regulatory change and digitalisation are the top three business risks facing firms today, according to a survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors. The survey, widely considered to be a barometer of organisations’ risk priorities, canvassed the views of 528 chief internal auditors (CIA) in different sectors across eight European countries.   […]

The way Facebook interacts with users is “unfair, deceptive and misleading”, according to a complaint lodged with US regulators. The Federal Trade Commission was told the company had failed to protect the privacy of those in patient health and other groups. Some users may have been exposed to “life-threatening privacy violations”, the complaint says. Facebook […]

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The operator of a fan page on Facebook is also responsible for protecting visitors’ personal data and cannot hide behind the social network, the European Union’s highest court ruled on Tuesday. The case stems from a dispute between a German fan page on Facebook which used the social network to store cookies […]

Several U.S. employers engaged in age discrimination by placing recruitment ads on Facebook targeting younger workers, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by a communications industry labor union. Companies including T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Cox Communications Inc imposed age limits on who could see recruitment ads, limiting some only to […]

Messaging app has one month to comply or it will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data for ‘business intelligence’ purposes WhatsApp has been ordered to stop sharing user data with parent company Facebook or face sanctions. The French data protection agency, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), said on Monday that WhatsApp did […]