Contact-tracing app fails to protect privacy and human rights

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ISSUE DATE: 8 May 2020 TOP STORIES Contact-tracing app fails to protect privacy and human rights Reassurances over the security and human rights implications of NHSX’s approach to developing its Covid-19 contact-tracing app are insufficient, says the cross-bench Human Rights Committee. READ MORE → FBI search warrants reveal Trump aide’s messages to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange FBI search warrants reveal Trump campaigner Roger Stone sent private messages to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after the site published thousands of documents that damaged Hillary Clinton’s election campaign. READ MORE → Next round of Zoom updates targets consumer security Casual consumer users of Zoom will get additional protections in an update to be released over the long weekend. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH NCSC coronavirus scam reporting service sees more than 160,000 reports The general public has taken to the NCSC’s scam reporting service like ducks to water, with thousands of suspicious emails reported to it in just two weeks. READ MORE → UK comms market set for shake-up as O2 and Virgin Media confirm merger Coming-together of leading fixed-mobile provider and cable network provider will create genuine competition to BT/EE. READ MORE → Brits expected to call time on office life after lockdown O2 Business study reveals currently displaced workers see a permanent change to their company’s approach to flexible working. READ MORE → Industry 4.0 transformation reaches communications inflection point Survey finds huge potential for investment in advance 4G and 5G technology among industrial organisations. READ MORE →

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