How the GDPR could spark a lean data revolution and help companies control data costs
Karen Schuler, head of data and information governance for BDO USA, talked with TechRepublic about her recent report detailing how […]
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Sidewalk Toronto commits to Privacy by Design principles amid citizen concerns
Members of the Sidewalk Toronto team echoed the principles of Privacy by Design, the framework of Ryerson University’s expert in […]
Facial recognition system had 7 percent hit rate at 2017 Champions League Final
NEC system trialled at UEFA Champions League Final by South Wales Police produced almost 2,300 false positives. South Wales Police […]
Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t
It’s a powerful tool, but recent incidents have shown that there’s no winning with facial recognition. For an extreme example […]
Jourová: EU must protect data in AI development
Digitisation and artificial intelligence (AI) should develop in the Czech Republic and Europe without too much regulation, but with respect […]
What Zuckerberg Forgot To Mention… Profiling
This is why we need real data protection – not just better privacy settings! Like many Facebook users around the […]
Unroll.me to close to EU users saying it can’t comply with GDPR
Unroll.me, a company that has, for years, used the premise of ‘free’ but not very useful ’email management’ services to […]
Questions We Need To Be Asking Before Deciding an Algorithm is the Answer
Across the globe, algorithms are quietly but increasingly being relied upon to make important decisions that impact our lives. This […]
Ad blocking deemed legal in Germany
Ad blocking services are free to operate in Germany after the country’s Federal Court of Justice ruled their use does […]
Open-source GDPR framework seeks to tackle DSARs
Customer data platform mParticle has been working with engagement platform Braze, and analytics platforms Amplitude and AppsFlyer to create the […]
Extent of how Canadians’ online data used ‘very surprising,’ MP says
A member of the parliament’s standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics says he and his colleagues “didn’t […]
Facebook to introduce Clear History privacy tool in coming months
It’s like clearing your web browser history, but this time for Facebook’s wealth of data on your interactions. Facebook has […]