All Privacy & Technology articles – Page 10
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NewsUber faces landmark GDPR court challenge over alleged firing of drivers by algorithm
A trade union on Monday filed a complaint in the Amsterdam District Court accusing Uber of “robo-firing” drivers by algorithm
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ArticleBharti Airtel blames controversial privacy policy wording on a ‘clerical error’
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel says a clerical error led to a discrepancy in its privacy policy, which stated the company shared personal information including genetic data with third parties.
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FeatureIdentifying, verifying and authenticating customers in banking
PrivSec Report looks at some of the identification and verification technologies currently being used to ensure privacy and security in an increasingly complex banking landscape while ensuring user experience remains positive.
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NewsHalf of large companies to adopt privacy-enhancing computation by 2025
Half of large organisations will implement privacy-enhancing computation for processing data in untrusted environments within five years, Gartner has predicted.
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NewsFacebook’s lead European regulator investigates Instagram’s processing of children’s data
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched two statutory inquiries into the processing of children’s data on Facebook-owned social media platform, Instagram.
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NewsBritish Airways fined £20m over data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details of more than 400,000 of its customers.
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WebinarDefensible Data Retention: The Holy Grail of Mitigating Data Privacy Risks
Over-retention of data is a major data privacy risk. US and international regulations specifically require that companies ensure their retention standards are up-to-date and enforced, and that all obsolete records containing regulated sensitive data are disposed of promptly.
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NewsEnd-to-end encryption could pose threat to children, warns US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and Japan
Certain uses of encryption technology pose challenges to public safety, including to highly vulnerable members of society such as sexually exploited children, according to a statement issued earlier this week by the United States Department of Justice and signed by six other nations.
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NewsEuropean privacy laws to blame for continued self-harm content, says Instagram
Content that breaks Instagram’s own rules on promoting and glamourising eating disorders and self-injury can still be found on the platform, an investigation has revealed.
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WebinarSafely Unleash the Value of Sensitive Data in the Cloud
Organizations are leveraging the Cloud to maximise the value of data, consolidating it in data lakes and committing to analytics and machine learning initiatives to convert it into actionable insights. As analysts and data scientists have started working with these tools it has become clear that to provide accurate ...
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ArticleApple delays new anti-tracking privacy feature for phones and tablets
Apple has delayed the introduction of a stricter privacy feature designed to stop apps and websites tracking people online without their consent.
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NewsFirm announces new data privacy function for public blockchains
Secret Network has announced it is launching a new secret contract function “to bring privacy to public blockchains”
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NewsFacial recognition technology used unlawfully by South Wales Police, court rules
A UK police force used automatic facial recognition unlawfully because it failed to adequately assess the impact on data protection, a court has ruled.
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ebookManaging data as an asset and a risk
How to extract value, deliver on privacy and manage the complexity of data.
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NewsTrump bans Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok over data collection and national security concerns
The Trump administration targeted WeChat and TikTok on Thursday by announcing executive orders banning US transactions with Chinese owners Tencent Holdings Ltd and ByteDance, Reuters has reported.
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WebinarThe Rise of Virtual Care: How to Embed Trust in Technologies
The COVID-19 pandemic has set the stage for the importance of virtual care and has sparked a growth in its use to deliver care. In the UK, the NHS has leveraged remote consultations to help reduce the risk of infection for staff and patients.
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ebookLeveraging the Cloud to Defeat Data Disasters
If you and your colleagues are struggling with complex data management, frustrated by time-consuming, manual backups, and burdened by costly hardware upgrades, it’s time to look for a new solution.
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ArticleAction is required, says member of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies
“The pace of change, the velocity of what’s happening – we need to really get far more of a grip and understand how to legislate and regulate in a world where things can go global in a fraction of a second,” says Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE, a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies.
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VideoCDOs and CISOs want the same thing
Hosted by: Tom Michali (Manager, Sagence), Pierluigi Miraglia (Sr. Principal, Sagence), Jeff Sizemore (Vice President of Governance and Compliance, Egnyte), Tad Mielnicki (Director, Governance Compliance, Egnyte). Video: CDOs and CISOs want the same thing: secure data assets for ...
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VideoCreating a competitive advantage through building trust
With consumers both lacking knowledge of and trust in how companies and governments are using their personal data, organizations such as Apple are building a new business model based on privacy and consent to build trust with consumers.
