BullGuard Blog

Full marks to the Dutch Data Protection Authority for reporting itself to itself after making a classic data boob. It spilled personal details and in the process breached the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

Data collection at its core is not malicious. Websites need data to make their products better and to sell you the advertisements that keep them afloat. Social media uses your data to sell ads to make money. At one level it makes sense. It is used to recognize who you are and provide targeted advertising.

Phishing emails targeting customers of HSBC bank and other financial institutions have been detected.

You may be familiar with the term “IP address,” but without any clear idea of what it actually means. "IP" stands for "Internet Protocol and the "address" part refers to a unique number that is linked to all your online activity when you go onto the internet.