ISO updates global privacy standard ISO 27701: Stronger guidance, more flexibility

By |2025-10-23T08:02:13+00:00October17 16, 2025|

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a major update to its global privacy compliance standard, ISO 27701, for the first time since 2019. The revision makes the privacy framework a standalone certification system, providing organisations with clearer guidance on managing personal data, while expanding options for integration with other ISO standards.

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Microsoft warns of AI-powered cybercrime surge and calls for stronger global defenses

By |2025-10-17T07:15:16+00:00October38 16, 2025|

In 2024, Microsoft found that in eight out of ten cybersecurity incidents it investigated, attackers attempted to access personal or sensitive data by using stolen login credentials. More than half of these breaches were motivated by profit rather than espionage, although state-sponsored groups continued to represent the most significant overall threat.

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New guide empowers migrants to understand and exercise their data rights in UK

By |2025-10-29T11:27:58+00:00October02 15, 2025|

The guide is part of ORG’s Digital Rights Toolkit, designed to make data protection more accessible for communities often excluded from the digital system. It walks readers through the process of submitting Subject Access Requests (SARs) - formal inquiries that allow individuals to ask any organisation, including government bodies, what personal data it holds about them, how it is being used, and with whom it is shared.

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ICANN opens public consultation on meeting dates for 2029–2033

By |2025-10-15T08:10:04+00:00October04 15, 2025|

After the Public Comment period closes, ICANN will review comments and re-evaluate the dates and, if needed, make changes. The final step is for ICANN to publish the official ICANN Public Meeting dates for 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033.

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Informal WSIS+20 stakeholder consultations on the Zero Draft held on 13–14 October 2025

By |2025-10-23T07:10:12+00:00October06 15, 2025|

Member States and stakeholders participated in two days of informal consultations on the Zero Draft of the outcome document for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) +20 Review. The sessions, organised by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) through its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG), [...]

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Australia issues new CI Fortify guidance to protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats

By |2025-10-17T08:56:19+00:00October58 14, 2025|

The Critical Infrastructure (CI) Fortify framework, published on 13 October 2025 by the Australian Signals Directorate, urges operators of essential services to identify and isolate vital operational technology systems and maintain trusted offline backups.

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Community debates governance reforms at APNIC 60 ICP-2 Review session

By |2025-10-15T08:31:01+00:00October16 14, 2025|

Regional Internet community members call for clearer governance standards and stronger transparency measures during consultation on the updated RIR framework.

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Google settles biometric privacy lawsuit over facial recognition dataset

By |2025-10-15T08:14:22+00:00October45 14, 2025|

The case centered on Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act and the use of a public dataset to improve algorithmic fairness.

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