Tag: personal data
A group of lawyers are pressuring EU legislators to propose rules that could force internet platforms to hand over data that belongs to another person who had died or is being cared for. Lawyers pushing for new legislation argue that there is a need to create rules that apply across the bloc because internet companies, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than a dozen high technology companies and the biggest wireless operator in the United States, Verizon Communications Inc, have called on the U.S. Supreme Court to make it harder for government officials to access individuals’ sensitive cellphone data. The companies filed a 44-page brief with the court on Monday night in […]
News highlights for 8 May German firms to form personal data vault for customers FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German finance, auto and publishing firms are in talks to form a European company to store personal data securely so customers can make purchases online from different outlets without punching in their details each time. Read more… Multiple […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A new EU-U.S. pact governing the transfer of personal data faces a second legal challenge, putting the details of the deal which underpins billions of dollars of transatlantic trade in digital services under further scrutiny. French privacy advocacy group La Quadrature du Net, non-profit Internet service provider French Data Network and its […]
ITEM: IPTV and OTT video may produce a wealth of actionable data about consumer viewing habits, but most viewers don’t want that data shared with advertisers. That’s the finding of a survey released by UK-based KPMG Media Tracker, which found that a whopping 95% of consumers who use catch-up services do not want media companies […]
We all talk a lot about the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT). In almost every article about the topic, the author will include one sentence saying that personal data is important, and we need to think about privacy. Consider this recent article by Ali Durmus for Telcoprofessionals.com: 2015 – The year the wearables […]
TORONTO (Reuters) – Hackers dumped online personal details of more than a million users of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com, tech websites reported on Tuesday, the latest high-profile cyber attack that threatens to wreak strife in relationships across the globe. After threatening to release salacious details on as many as 37 million customers of the website, which […]
The term “Radio Shack” doesn’t fit among Asian electronics retailers, but old-school geeks from North America know it well. “The Shack” was often the first (and sometimes the only) place to go for electronic supplies and products including personal computers. Whether you wanted batteries, a breadboard for your microprocessor-synth project, or a shortwave radio antenna […]
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