data collection

VP Pence To Meet With Airline Execs On Gathering Data To Fight Coronavirus
VP Pence To Meet With Airline Execs On Gathering Data To Fight Coronavirus
March 04, 2020  |  Safety and Security

Vice President Mike Pence is meeting with airline CEOs and an airline industry trade group on Wednesday (March 5) over Coronavirus concerns and data collection,...

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Avast Antivirus Program Selling Private Browser Data
Avast Antivirus Program Selling Private Browser Data
January 27, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Antivirus program Avast was found to be selling user data to a number of huge companies, including Google, Microsoft and Pepsi. The revelation was uncovered...

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India Bill Aims To Tighten Regulations For Tech Data Collection
India Bill Aims To Tighten Regulations For Tech Data Collection
December 10, 2019  |  Regulation

India has proposed new rules regarding how technology companies use data, and the proposal is similar to Europe’s GDPR regulation, according to a report by...

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Google Data Practices Under EU Antitrust Scrutiny
Google Data Practices Under EU Antitrust Scrutiny
December 01, 2019  |  Google

EU antitrust regulators are probing Google to see how the search giant uses and monetizes the data it collects on users, Reuters reported on Saturday...

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Facebook: Govt. Data Requests Surge 16 Percent
Facebook: Govt. Data Requests Surge 16 Percent
November 13, 2019  |  Facebook

Amid the controversies over data collection, data privacy, and consumer control over how their information is used, Facebook on Wednesday (Nov. 13) released stats via...

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Facebook To Enhance Encryption On Messenger Despite Regulators’ Protests
Facebook To Enhance Encryption On Messenger Despite Regulators’ Protests
November 06, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook said it is going to enhance encryption capabilities on its Messenger communication platform, despite requests from lawmakers and regulators not to do so because...

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Building A More Trustworthy eCommerce Marketplace
Building A More Trustworthy eCommerce Marketplace
October 31, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

The thrill of the hunt — and chance to snag a good deal — is what drives millennials to local marketplaces. In this month’s Digital...

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Stardog On Data Management’s ‘Useful Fictions’
Stardog On Data Management’s ‘Useful Fictions’
October 29, 2019  |  Data

Data across any organization tends to be siloed and far-flung, spanning departments within a firm, continents and supply chains. Monetizing data is a challenge, of...

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Mastercard On Repairing The Data Trust Deficit — With Decency 
Mastercard On Repairing The Data Trust Deficit — With Decency 
October 25, 2019  |  Mastercard

Can data be harvested … with decency? The California Consumer Privacy Act looms, taking effect at the beginning of 2020. Across the pond, the General Data...

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