privacy

China Making Privacy Allowances As It Plans Digital Currency Launch
China Making Privacy Allowances As It Plans Digital Currency Launch
November 12, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

China is planning to launch a digital currency in early 2020 that will make allowances for privacy, a senior central bank official said on Tuesday...

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Microsoft Is ‘Strong Supporter’ Of California Consumer Privacy Act
Microsoft Is ‘Strong Supporter’ Of California Consumer Privacy Act
November 11, 2019  |  Regulation

Microsoft has promised to follow California’s privacy law throughout the United States after the regulation goes into effect on Jan. 1. Get the Full Story...

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Google Is Stealthily Collecting Private Health Info
Google Is Stealthily Collecting Private Health Info
November 11, 2019  |  Google

Google is currently collecting and using millions of people’s healthcare data without informing them, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Get the...

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Identifying Opportunities For Online Commerce And Digital IDs
Identifying Opportunities For Online Commerce And Digital IDs
November 11, 2019  |  Today In Data

For online merchants, knowing that the person on the other side of the transaction is who they say there are is of critical importance. Synthetic ID...

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Biometrics Innovation Tests Consumer Privacy Sentiment
Biometrics Innovation Tests Consumer Privacy Sentiment
November 08, 2019  |  Biometrics

Biometrics isn’t as sci-fi as it once was. Thanks to smartphones equipped with facial and fingerprint recognition for security, many consumers now have up close...

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Deep Dive: Digital ID Systems Wrestle With Ethics
Deep Dive: Digital ID Systems Wrestle With Ethics
November 07, 2019  |  Authentication

Digital identities are flexibly changing forms as they gain ubiquity. Consumers around the world log in to eBay with their Facebook profiles, purchase lunches with...

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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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Court Filings Show Facebook’s Data Policy Was About Competition, Not Privacy
Court Filings Show Facebook’s Data Policy Was About Competition, Not Privacy
November 06, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Facebook’s 2012 policy changes that denied app developers access to user data was actually about stifling competition, not protecting user privacy, according to documents reviewed...

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India Demands Details Of WhatsApp Cyberattack
India Demands Details Of WhatsApp Cyberattack
October 31, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

India’s Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is asking the Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp for the details of the hack that compromised the smartphones of journalists,...

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