Consultants Warn Companies to Be Cautious with WhatsApp

Using WhatsApp as a company poses problems when it comes to the German Data Protection Act, because contacts from the user’s cell phone are transferred to WhatApp’s servers. Corporate users of the service could be held liable (accompanied by significant monetary penalties!), because they are aware of this. Attorneys therefore unanimously recommend not using WhatsApp for professional purposes.

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Football Fever: The Big Retarus Betting Game for the European Football Championship

Only 18 more days until the 2016 European Football Championship. Retarus is feverishly awaiting the championship and is pleased to present the Retarus Betting Game for the European Football Championship. Those who want to test their football knowledge and compete with colleagues and friends can register for the Retarus Betting Game for the European Football Championship before the opening game—and with a little luck, win one of 20 great prizes.

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Shaping digitization: Retarus joins the German Charter of Digital Networking

As of now, Retarus is one of the signatories of the German Charter of Digital Networking (Charta der digitalen Vernetzung), a voluntary entrepreneurial initiative that was set up as part of the «National IT Summit» of the German government. The Charter’s objective is to establish a common platform for dialog between business, science, politics, and civil society.

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Security Alert: One in six emails contains a virus

After Locky, here comes KePanger, PowerWare and Petya: Retarus is currently observing a significantly higher incidence of the crypto trojan Locky, as well as new variations. Whilst in February only around 3% of all incoming emails were infected, the number of messages filtered in March due to viruses had already risen to 17%. This corresponds to a fivefold rise in comparison with the previous month and can be explained primarily by the large increase in ransomware.

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