21st Century Learning and Teaching

Einfachere Beschwerdemöglichkeiten für Verbraucher und ein Recht auf Vergessen: Die neue Datenschutz-Grundverordnung der EU steht - nach vier Jahren zäher Verhandlungen.

Kinder und Jugendliche in einigen europäischen Ländern könnten Facebook oder WhatsApp künftig bis zu einem Alter von 16 Jahren nur mit Zustimmung ihrer Eltern nutzen dürfen. Das ist eine der Neuerungen im Kompromiss zur Reform beim EU-Datenschutz. Darauf einigten sich Vertreter von EU-Kommission, Europaparlament und der Mitgliedsländer.

Außerdem können gegen Unternehmen Strafen von bis zu vier Prozent der Jahresumsätze verhängt werden, wenn sie gegen die Datenschutz-Regeln verstoßen.

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Europas Internet-Nutzer bekommen künftig mehr Kontrolle über ihre persönlichen Daten.

Die künftige europäische Datenschutzgrundverordnung soll erstmals europaweit ein einheitliches Datenschutzniveau schaffen und das Recht auf Privatsphäre stärken. Die Reform löst seit 20 Jahren geltendes Recht ab, das vor allem wegen der rasanten Entwicklung des Internets als nicht mehr zeitgemäß gilt.

Damals waren soziale Netzwerke wie Facebook ebenso wenig ein Massenphänomen wie das groß angelegte Sammeln von Verbraucherdaten durch weltweit agierende Internetkonzerne wie Google. Parallel wird im sogenannten Trilog aus Parlament, EU-Rat und Kommission auch über die Datenschutzrichtlinie verhandelt, die Vorgaben für Polizei und Justizbehörden beim Umgang mit Daten macht.

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All major web browsers are now trusting Let's Encrypt's free security certificates, bringing a more secure and private web that much closer.

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=ENCRYPTION

- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=ENCRYPTION

- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/cyber-hygiene-ict-hygiene-for-population-education-and-business/

 Yes, your privacy is for sale!!!

One of Robert A. Heinlein’s most famous contributions to popular culture was an acronym: TANSTAAFL—There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. That certainly goes for today’s online services. Bing, Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and the like—they may not cost you a dime, but they’re not free. The only sure way to avoid paying is to surf anonymously, never buy a smartphone, and never take advantage of a free Web service that you have to log into. Barring that, v

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Given the publicity attracted by recent high-profile data breaches and the consequences for those whose personal information was subsequently leaked, it may, perhaps, concern parents to learn that around half of the sites examined by GPEN were happily and willingly sharing their children's data with third parties.

Also, considering the occasionally dark nature of the world we live in, anyone with responsibility for a child's welfare may well not like the revelation that just under 1 in 4 sites and apps gave kids the opportunity to upload their photo or add video clips. 22% of the services looked at also allowed youngsters to hand over their phone numbers.

Sadly, despite the potential problems posed by allowing children to share too much data, only 24% of the tested apps and websites encouraged any sort of parental oversight.

What's more, should a concerned adult discover that their offspring is revealing too much personal information, the options for remedying the situation are few and far between - with 71% of the investigated services making it difficult or impossible to delete accounts.

Adam Stevens, head of the ICO's intelligence hub said:

These are concerning results. The attitude shown by a number of these websites and apps suggested little regard for how anyone's personal information should be handled, let alone that of children.

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HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is supposed to keep you more secure online, but it could be used to track you against your will.

Mark Stockley explains...

'Data Protection' Package: a historic agreement
15-12-2015
On 15 December 2015, the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union reached an informal agreement in trialogues with the European Parliament on the 'Data Protection' Package which will set out new European rules on privacy in the digital age.

The agreement reached by the Luxembourg Presidency will have to be confirmed at the level of the Council of the EU by the 28 Member States, and will be addressed by a Coreper meeting to be held before 21 December 2015.

The 'Data Protection' Package, under negotiation since the European Commission put forward the proposal in January 2012, includes a Regulation establishing the general framework for the protection of personal data and a Directive on the protection of personal data processed for the purpose of law enforcement.

Following the adoption of general approach on the Regulation in the JHA Council of June 2015 and the adoption of a general approach on the Directive in the JHA Council of October 2015, the co-legislators ─ the European Parliament and Council of the European Union acting under the Luxembourg Presidency ─ have been engaged in intense negotiations in order to reach an agreement before the end of 2015.

Félix Braz, Luxembourg's Minister for Justice and President of the Council, declared: 'It is a fundamental agreement with significant consequences. This reform not only strengthens the rights of citizens, but also adapts the rules to the digital age for companies, whilst reducing the administrative burden. They are ambitious and forward-looking texts. We can have full confidence in the result.'

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Viele Menschen machen sich Sorgen um ihre Online-Privatsphäre. Wir geben zehn grundlegende Tipps zum Schutz Ihrer privaten Daten.

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Twenty years ago, if you told me my phone could be used to steal the password to my email account or to take a copy of my fingerprint data, I would’ve laughed at you and said you watch too much James Bond. But today, if you tell me that hackers with malicious intents can use my toaster to break into my Facebook account, I will panic and quickly pull the plug from the evil appliance.

What is evident is that the IoT will become an important part of our lives very soon, and its security is one of the major issues that must be addressed via active participation by the entire global tech community. Will we be able to harness this most-hyped, emerging technology that will undoubtedly revolutionize the world, or will we end up opening a Pandora’s Box that will spiral the world into a new age of mayhem and chaos? Let’s hope for the former.

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Public Wi-Fi is becoming more and more popular. It’s becoming prominent absolutely everywhere, and almost everyone uses it when given the opportunity. But many people still seem to feel that public Wi-Fi networks are built to give the public free Wi-Fi access without having to make concession with their privacy, and this is in spite of growingevidence to the contrary. And based on the show of political support for Wi-Fi, one can extend this to include the perception of lawmakers.

So we here at F-Secure teamed up with ethical hacking firm Mandalorian and investigative journalist Peter Warren to conduct a little experiment that could highlight the risks that people (including politicians) take when they use public Wi-Fi.

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When you access the web, you often entrust vital personal information to your Internet Service Provider and to the website you are using, such as your name, address, and credit card number. What happens to this data? Could it fall into the wrong hands? What rights do you have with regards to your personal information?

Common EU rules have been established to ensure that personal data enjoy a high standard of protection everywhere in the EU. Since 2009, new requirements have been introduced and implemented by the Commission.

The EU Data Protection Directive ensures that personal data can only be gathered under strict conditions and for legitimate purposes. Organisations that collect and manage your personal information must also protect it from misuse and respect certain rights. In 2012, the Commission proposed a major reform of the EU legal framework on the personal data protection. The new proposals strengthens individual rights and tackles the challenges of globalisation and new technologies.

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- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/digital-citizenship-social-media-and-privacy/

- https://gustmeesde.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/mobile-security-smartphones-sind-auch-mini-computer/

EU security agency Enisa has released a new paper recommending that policy-makers promote “privacy friendly” services – a move that appears to set it at odds with British PM David Cameron. The UK leader pledged yesterday to ban the use of strong encryption in communications.

The European Network and Information Security Agency, to give it its full name, argued in its report that privacy is a “fundamental human right” according to the European Convention on Human Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) like encryption are an important technical means of fighting off challenges to privacy, Enisa said in its report, Privacy and Data Protection by Design – from policy to engineering.

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