New EU Data Protection Regulations set to be finalised by end of 2015

A new European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is being approved by the European Council of Ministers to replace the outdated 1995 directive. This new regulation was initially proposed in 2012 and drafted in January of this year and is designed to regulate the progression of personal data within Europe. it is officially known […]

Obama vows to boost cyber defences and US Army website is hacked

The US Army had to take down its official website temporarily after it was hacked and defaced by the “Syrian Electronic Army”. The website hack came as US president Barack Obama vowed to boost US cyber defences in a news conference at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Germany. The US Army said the hackers […]