How Calls for Privacy May Upend Business for Facebook and Google
The contemporary internet was built on a bargain: Show us who you really are and the digital world will be […]
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EU heads of state issue warning over Facebook data case
The 28 EU heads of state issued a warning shot on Thursday (22 March) over allegations that 50 million Facebook […]
What’s being done with your data: Experts ask, shouldn’t someone get this under control?
Now that Facebook, Google and Amazon know pretty much everything about us, how they’re using that information is drawing the […]
How Private Is Your Internet Data?
After the recent revelation that political analysis firm Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed the data of 50 million Facebook accounts, many […]
Facebook: is it time we all deleted our accounts?
The Cambridge Analytica revelations may be the final nudge we need to turn away from the social network. And it’s […]
Facebook Ignites Debate Over Third-Party Access to User Data
Facebook Inc. ignited a firestorm over how it manages third-party access to its users’ information, after the social network said […]
Paul Ford: Facebook Is Why We Need a Digital Protection Agency
It’s time for a digital protection agency. It’s clear ethics don’t scale, and it’s not just Facebook’s problem. Over and […]
Are Cambridge Analytica’s psychometric insights all that insightful?
Facebook thinks I like snow and a small dog I’ve never heard of. What else has the data got wrong? […]
Data management isn’t just about compliance
The Australian business landscape is awash with new regulations and obligations surrounding privacy and data use. Between the mandatory data […]
Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, Dr. Kogan and a data protection analysis
Here is my take on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica affair. I have no specialist inside knowledge or information but hopefully the […]
Establishing Responsible Privacy Practices in Digital Advertising
In 2009, the major US advertising trade associations joined together to establish a set of self-regulatory principles that balance consumer […]
Beware marketers, the consumer data collection blowback is just starting
Deloitte found that 93 percent of consumers would want to delete their personal data held by various companies. Why? These […]