Sharing might be caring, but businesses are moving towards private servers

A new study from Liquid Web, one of our picks for the best web hosting providers around, has uncovered a growing trend for businesses to favour Virtual Private Servers (VPS). The study found 27% of ...
MediaNama

MoRTH’s New Data Sharing Policy: Who Gets Access To Personal Information?

In a shift from the 2019 bulk data policy, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) does not have any mention of plans to sell data under the 2025 data sharing policy. This policy, in fact, ...
Politico

Social Security data chief resigns after whistleblower complaint over DOGE data access

The Social Security Administration’s chief data officer has resigned days after filing a whistleblower complaint warning that President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency put the ...

California Legislature passes two watered-down bills to regulate data center water use, energy costs

California lawmakers started the year saying they were ready to get tough on data centers, aiming to protect the environment and electric ratepayers ...
Washington Examiner

UK moves to disable Apple icloud encryption through ‘back door’ in court filing

The United Kingdom sought to force Apple to give it “backdoor” access to private customer data, according to court documents. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal published the court documents on ...
The Hindu

Austria orders YouTube to give users access to their data

Austria's data protection authority said Friday that it has ordered YouTube to comply with EU regulations and respond to requests by users for access to data that it holds on them. In 2019, prominent ...
KING5

‘This should have been prevented’: Leaders respond to state slashing ICE database access after KING 5 investigation

SEATTLE — A KING 5 investigation prompted the state of Washington on Tuesday to admit they unwittingly allowed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hunt down and deport undocumented residents ...
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)

Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians

ACRL announces the publication of Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians, edited by Whitney Kramer, Iliana Burgos, and ...
Computer Weekly

Home Office ‘backdoor’ seeks worldwide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm

The Home Office sought access to data and messages stored by Apple users on its cloud storage in the UK and overseas by demanding a “backdoor” to Apple’s iCloud service, a court ruling has revealed. A ...
Indiatimes

Google-owned Waymo’s CEO on allowing authorities access to self-driving car data: We will make that publicly known

Waymo, the autonomous ride-hailing service, is sharing self-driving vehicle data with law enforcement through a legal process, as confirmed by co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana. The company requires valid ...
Seattle Times

WA cuts off ICE access to data system used for immigration enforcement

The state Department of Licensing revoked Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a data search system Wednesday after discovering the federal agency used it to get information about a Kirkland ...
Reuters

LSEG agrees to share connectivity space at data centre after UK probe

Sept 5 (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L), opens new tab has ceded exclusive rights to the rooftop of its data centre building to allow fair access to rivals, following a British ...