An annual report investigating trends in data breaches analyzes data from nearly 80,000 security incidents and more than 2,000 data compromises from 61 countries.

The European Parliament, European Council, and European Commission recently entered negotiations known as a “trilogue” regarding the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In a recent article in The Wall Street Journal , market researcher eMarketer estimated that this year’s worldwide mobile advertising market budgets will be $69 billion in the aggregate.

In an April 21, 2015 update that has been called “Mobilegeddon,” Google, Inc.

As early as May 14 , eligible banking institutions will be able to register domain names under the new “.bank” top-level domain, which will include a number of enhanced security features aimed at preventing phishing and spoofing attacks that are predominantly targeted at banks . According to the most recent report by the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the payments and financial services sectors were the targets of approximately 59% of all phishing attacks in the third quarter of 2014.

The European Commission (the Commission) is taking steps to advance its vision of what it calls a “Digital Single Market” that will ensure “free movement of goods, persons, services and capital”; easy access to and use of online content and services; and fair competition in the digital marketplace, regardless of consumers’ and businesses’ nationality or place of residence.

Last week, House lawmakers floated a bipartisan bill titled the Data Security and Breach Notification Act (the Bill).

CIO magazine has named its top 10 outsourcing trends for 2015.

As the number of apps available from foreign-based companies to consumers in the United States continues to grow, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a pointed warning to application developers whose product offerings target children in the United States.

If you are a fan of writing product or service reviews for sites such as Yelp, then California law just made it a lot easier for you to do so. The state recently passed a new law that makes it unlawful to include nondisparagement clauses in consumer contracts.