Briefly

• Yesterday IIP President Luca Bolognini's letter on WCIT-12 and the risks that it presents to liberty and privacy entitled "Internet Rischia di Perdere Libertà e Privacy, nel Nome Della Sicurezza Globale Delle Comunicazioni" was published in the Italian newspaper La Stampa. #
• Analysis: Data security – the 93 per cent solution - Piecemeal, ill-conceived and outdated IT and data security strategies are leaving businesses open to attack and almost half of large organisations admit they are failing to comply with data protection (DP) legislation. Read More #
• Google Drive Privacy: 4 Misunderstood Facts- Privacy and security questions have bedeviled the launch of Google's new online file-storage service. Ignore the hype and consider these four key facts. Read More #
• The CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Is No SOPA, but It's Bad Enough- Congress' latest stab at a cybersecurity bill is getting flak from many people: civil libertarians, experts who say it doesn't do enough to address real problems and, as of yesterday (April 25), the White House. Some groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as the hacktivist movement Anonymous, are trying to rally opposition to the bill on the Internet and in Silicon Valley, hoping to repeat their successful campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act. Read More #
• Global cop squad busts 36 credit card data-selling sites - An international team of cops has taken down 36 websites that were being used to shift vast quantities of stolen credit card and bank account data. The Serious Organised Crime Agency in the UK, along with the FBI and the US Department of Justice, and agencies from Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Ukraine and Romania pulled the sites offline. Read More #