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The Netherlands is one of the six EU member states that have undertaken a formal investigation of Google's privacy compliance following the 2012 amalgamation of its various privacy policies.  

One in four citizens' details spaffed over interest

Fake profiles of Baltimore media pros spread spam links, ask friends for money.

Summary: New Zealand’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner has published data breach numbers and categories in its annual report for the first time.  

There has been a series of cyber attacks on Ukrainian government websites after police brutally dispersed peaceful Euromaidan protests in Kyiv in support of Ukraine's European integration on November 30.  

Summary: Instead of closing one of the top 10 most common web vulnerabilities on its site, Yahoo has said that an open direct flaw is 'working as designed'.

Summary: Tighter regulations are in the works in an effort to curb remote gambling and stifle crime syndicates' funding, amid growing reach of such activities over social networks and mobile apps.

The EU on Wednesday laid down steps Washington must take to restore trust after a huge spying scandal, including giving EU citizens the right to US legal redress to protect personal data.

Unexpired session cookies can be stolen, re-used

PandaLabs has published the results of its Quarterly Report for Q3 2013. One of the main conclusions that can be drawn from this global study is that malware creation has hit a new record high, with nearly 10 million new strains identified so far this year.