Capital FM Kenya (press release) (blog) |
Britain, Germany brace for pre-election cyber attacks
Capital FM Kenya (press release) (blog) By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, London, United Kingdom, May 6 – Britain and Germany were already beefing up cyber security ahead of key elections even before the hacking attack on France's Emmanuel Macron, months after Hillary Clinton was caught in the online … |
It’s one of the world’s most well-known icons: Facebook’s Like button. But it’s now at the heart of Europe’s newest data privacy controversy.
Naked Security – Sophos
Even as the European Union attempts to tighten privacy laws, law-enforcement interests have won a battle in Germany: a new law forces communications service providers there to once again make data about their customers’ communications available to police.
On Friday morning, the German parliament approved a law requiring ISPs and mobile and fixed telecommunications operators to retain communications metadata for up to ten weeks.
The country has had an on-again, off-again affair with telecommunications data retention, first introducing a law requiring it in 2008 to comply with a European Union directive.
The German Federal Constitutional Court overturned that law in March 2010 after finding it conflicted with Germany’s privacy laws, prompting the European Commission to take the country to court in May 2012 to enforce the directive.
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The Indian Express |
Germany asks PM Narendra Modi for IT experts to fight cyber warfare
The Indian Express Leyen said that she had personally requested PM Modi to send Indian IT experts to attend an international conference on cyber warfare being organized by her ministry in Germany later this year. This conference will provide inputs for Germany's White … Germany Wants Indian IT Experts for Fight Against Cyber Terrorism Germany for Deeper Defence Ties Germany pitches for closer defence ties with India |