The Pitfalls of Personalisation
Hyper-personalisation is often considered the ‘holy grail’ of consumer experiences. It’s convenient, it’s targeted and in an ideal world it’s […]
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Amazon staff listen to customers’ Alexa recordings
Staff review audio in effort to help AI-powered voice assistant respond to commands. When Amazon customers speak to Alexa, the […]
Your Data Might Be Safe in the Cloud But What Happens When It Leaves the Cloud?
Cloud service providers can successfully protect data physically and technologically while it is in the cloud, but that information can […]
Your social media activity and your credit score
Banks and credit agencies have started coming up with creative ways of assessing risk of “unbanked” or “credit invisible” people. […]
Council of Europe issues recommendation on health-related data
On March 28, 2019, the Council of Europe issued a new Recommendation on the protection of health-related data. The Recommendation […]
The Latest Big Data Breach Should Make You Rethink How You Pay For Everything
The restaurant group Earl Enterprises confirmed that over two million credit cards were compromised in a breach affecting diners at […]
The data trash-pile blame game
The tale of the latest Facebook data spill, announced Wednesday by security outfit Upguard, has a unique new twist: No […]
CNIL Publishes Binding Rules on Processing Biometric Data as Workplace Access Control
On March 28, 2019, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) published a “Model Regulation” addressing the use of biometric systems […]
Facebook app developers leaked millions of user records on cloud servers
Facebook app developers left hundreds of millions of user records exposed on publicly visible cloud servers. The larger of the […]
Surrendering privacy for survival
Americans at the lower end of the economic ladder suffer from an ever-growing privacy divide, impacting more than just their […]
Belgium regulator fights Facebook over user tracking
A court in Belgium has instructed Facebook to put a halt to tracking users without obtaining the proper consents. The […]
Autonomous cars rise privacy questions
When fully autonomous vehicles begin circulating on public roads they will have to be able to detect when people enter […]