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Does your cloud vendor protect your rights?

When an organization's data is in the cloud, requests to provide access to it for legal reasons are more complicated.

How to Recover From a Twitter Hack

Do you know what to do if your Twitter account is hacked? Here are four steps to take to regain control of your account and ensure it doesn't happen again.

BYOL: Bring your own liabilities

What are the legal ramifications of allowing staff to bring their own mobile devices to work and where is the dividing line between organisational and employee risk?

A matter of trust

It would be an understatement to say there are some New Zealanders who don't completely trust our government. There are probably more who have not yet completely overcome their mistrust of ICT.

12 simple steps to safer social networking

Confession time: I'm an inveterate social media junkie. From Facebook to Instagram to Diaspora, whenever a newA communication platform rolls around--or comes back around--I'm ready to leap aboard.

Chinese Government's Link to Cyber Espionage Clearer Than Ever

It's a common belief in the information security world that the Chinese government is behind many of the advanced persistent threats that target companies around the world in an effort to steal their IP and trade secrets. Now one security firm has come forward with years of evidence to link a prolific APT group to a unit inside the Chinese government.

Should you risk jailbreaking your iPhone?

Chances are, if you don't know the dangers involved, you shouldn't jailbreak.

Outlook 2013 ... Even more interesting than 2012!

Gibbs reviews his predictions from last year and surveys the more than 400 predictions that he's been sent by IT professionals

Patent fights color mobile market, to continue in 2013

Over the past year, patent battles have been fought by tech companies in courtrooms all over the world. The litigation is far from over though, however, and will continue throughout 2013. This is what's at stake on the patent battlefield in the near future.

Amid uproar, Instagram says it will not sell users' photos

Instagram vowed on Tuesday to revise new proposed terms of service following a strong backlash from users worried that it would use their photos in advertisements without their permission.

The scariest software project horror stories of 2012

Sure, plenty of enterprise software projects go just fine and end up giving customers all the things vendors promise: lower operating costs, streamlined operations and happier users.

The Apple vs. Samsung decision is a game-changer

Samsung's big patent fight loss to Apple could have far-reaching consequences for smartphone makers, especially those that have adopted many of the gesture-based elements users now expect, says Richard Hoffman.

What the Apple-Samsung verdict means to you

In one sense, the verdict against Samsung in its patent contest with Apple isn't that momentous. The damages--a bit north of $1 billion--are less than half of what Apple originally sought.

Are social media e-discovery's next nightmare?

In many ways, the emergence of social media is a replay of the e-discovery challenges posed by email in the 1990s. This time, though, we have that precedent to learn from.

When there's a third party in the cloud

A third party can increase risk, so your contract should address this possibility.

European Commission investigates Microsoft's browser choice commitments

The European Commission has launched a formal investigation of Microsoft's compliance with commitments it made to settle a browser antitrust case.

Security Manager's Journal: Information rights management: Magic bullet or dud?

Our manager seeks a way to protect information on a network whose perimeter is blurring in the age of SaaS.

NTIA to address mobile privacy at July 12 meeting

The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration will step up work on an effort to develop mobile privacy standards on July 12, when the agency meets with mobile carriers, app developers and other stakeholders in the first of a series of meetings on online privacy.

Corporate cloud showdown: IT vs. Legal

Increasingly, IT and legal find themselves facing off over the benefits and risks of cloud computing. Here's how some entities have hammered out a compromise.Insider (registration required)

How Secure Are Your Facebook Apps?

How well do Facebook apps protect your privacy? Before you download something new and agree to share information, check out how Privacyscore rates its first.