Google is open-sourcing a tool for data scientists to help protect private information
Google is open-sourcing its so-called differential privacy library, an internal tool the company uses to securely draw insights from datasets […]
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Chinese shoppers adopt facial payments in cashless drive
China’s shoppers are increasingly purchasing goods with just a turn of their heads as the country embraces facial payment technology. […]
Browser Fingerprinting: An Introduction and the Challenges Ahead
In the past few years, a technique called browser fingerprinting has received a lot of attention because of the risks […]
Facebook: Charting a Way Forward on Privacy and Data Portability
To build portability tools people can trust and use effectively, online services need clear rules about what kinds of data […]
A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. The exposed server contained more than […]
What the focus on the AdTech industry and cookies means for your organisation
Any organisation involved in digital advertising is accountable for the online targeting solution they use. As a website publisher, you […]
How long should it take to risk-score a privacy incident?
If you’ve been in the privacy world for any amount of time, you recognize there has been a marked increase […]
US authorities impose $170m fine on YouTube for data privacy violation
YouTube has been hit with a record-breaking $170m (£139m) fine by regulators in the US for breaking children’s data privacy […]
Build an Online Presence Without Giving Up Privacy
Every social network might as well be LinkedIn. Every hiring manager will do a Google search on your name, most […]
Facebook will no longer scan user faces by default
It will roll out the Face Recognition privacy setting globally over the next several weeks. Facebook is making facial recognition […]
Annual global data breach costs to exceed $5 trillion by 2024
The annual cost of worldwide data breaches will surpass $5 trillion by 2024, according to a newly published Juniper Research […]
German court decides that GDPR consent can be tied to receiving advertising
On June 27, 2019, the High Court of Frankfurt decided that a consent for data processing tied to a consent […]