The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that a digital travel pass for COVID-19 test results and vaccine certificates will be launched on the Apple platform in mid-April, 2021, according to a Reuters report. The IA...
The WEEE Forum, which represents e-waste producer responsibility organisations worldwide, expands to three continents with the recent addition of new members from South America, Africa and Europe. With these new members, the WEEE ...
The Thames Valley police in the UK have reported that people suspected to be viewing child sexual material online has increased by 93% in two years. Between March 2020 and February 2021, the Thames Valley Police received 621 refer...
According to DataGuidance, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) has decided to fine Booking.com
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has released an Opinion on the use of a computerised system by the European Parliament for the digitalisation of the Plenary and central attendance registers through biometric technol...
India's Ministry of water (Ministry of Jal Shakti) announced plans to continue deploying IoT devices to monitor rural drinking water supply systems. The Ministry already began collaborating with Tata Community Initiatives Trust (T...
Uber Green is now available in London and gives the possibility to passengers to select a fully electric car for the first time in the UK. Uber Green will cost the same as a regular UberX ride on the app. In addition, drivers...
Epic Games filed a complaint to the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to support its investigation into Apple's anticompetitive practices. Epic Game claims that Apple violates the UK Competition Act of 19...
Microsoft has announced it won a contract to provide the US Army with augmented reality headsets. Over the past two years, the company worked with the US Army on the prototyping phase of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (...
The Coronavirus outbreak led to a rise in the number of e-learning initiatives in Israel. Therefore, the Privacy Protection Authority published privacy guidance to individual users as well as educational institutions that engage i...
The UK's National Health Services (NHS) announced the extension of the deadline for compliance with the national data opt-out until 30 September 2020. The policy was introduced on 25 May 2018 to enable patients to opt-out from the...
The outbreak of coronavirus has shed light on the corporate digital divide. As the world embraces social distancing measures like teleworking, distance learning, and online conferencing, the gap between businesses that transitione...