CPO Magazine - News, Insights and Resources for Data Protection, Privacy and Cyber Security Leaders
CPO Magazine - News, Insights and Resources for Data Protection, Privacy and Cyber Security Leaders
  • Home
  • News
  • Insights
  • Resources
  • See all results
Home
Data Privacy
Latest
  • Latest
  • Oldest
  • Random
  • A to Z

Data Privacy

Technological development has always outpaced privacy concerns, but never more so than in the past decade. Collection and centralization of personally identifiable information (PII), tracking of movements and digital surveillance are all at unprecedented levels. Regulations and laws are only just beginning to catch up to the ability of both governments and private entities to deploy these capabilities.

 

What exactly is there to worry about? The mass collection and centralization of data by giant multinationals such as Facebook and Google is as good of a place to start as any. Two decades of vacuuming up the personal data of users of various online services has created the most impressive marketing capabilities in history, but these profiles have astounding potential for damage when they are used the wrong way or fall into the wrong hands.

 

Unauthorized information that is captured in data breaches tends to find its way to massive “combo lists” that are sold and traded on the dark web. Social security numbers are added from this breach, home addresses and phone numbers from that one, personal health information from yet another. Soon, a frighteningly complete profile of millions of individuals is available to anyone willing to pay the asking price.

 

These are just the established data privacy issues. The emerging ones are even worse. High-quality facial recognition technology is just beginning to roll out across the public places of some countries. Artificial intelligence is not only making mass facial recognition possible, but magnifies the power and reach of any application that involves capturing and sorting information: scanning pictures, analyzing speech, sifting through text and location data. This threatens to not only shatter anonymity and privacy, but allow for highly advanced impersonation and take the concept of “identity theft” to new levels.

 

Some businesses chafe at the trouble and added expense of new and emerging data privacy regulations, but they are vital to both protecting rights and privacy and instilling confidence in end users. Customers want to be able to submit their payment information without worry about data breaches and identity theft, use services without wondering what is being done with their personal information and use devices without fear of surveillance or having location data tracked. The need for meaningful safeguards only grows greater as technological capabilities increase.

 

Google logo on a computer running Chrome browser showing FLoC proposal for interest-based advertising as part of Privacy First initiative
Data PrivacyNews

Google Provides More Details on Life After Cookies for Interest-Based Advertising: “Privacy First” FLoC Initiative Replaces Device Identifiers With Cohort IDs

March 24, 2021
Interest-based advertising is a critical component of Google's revenue. The company has stepped up testing of its FLoC initiative, which it calls a "privacy first" approach to targeted advertising. Read More
Apple flagship store in Hangzhou showing Chinese tech companies circumventing Apple's privacy rules
Data PrivacyNews

Chinese Tech Companies Look To Bypass Apple Privacy Rules With an Independent Tracking Number

March 24, 2021
Though circumventing Apple’s new privacy rules with fingerprinting techniques can get one banned from the app store, major Chinese tech companies appear to be discussing just that out in the open. Read More
Business people shaking hands in boardroom showing CPO and General Counsel
Data PrivacyInsights

Today’s CPO, Tomorrow’s General Counsel

March 24, 2021
How Kirsten Daru of Tile and Sue Gaudi, formerly of The Globe and Mail went from CPO to GC, and why so many more will follow in their footsteps. Read More
California state capitol building in Sacramento showing ban of dark patterns in privacy law
Data PrivacyNews

California Bans Deceptive “Dark Patterns” With Update To State Privacy Law

March 23, 2021
A change to California's state privacy law is the first regulation to directly take on dark patterns, threatening civil penalties brought under the state's existing unfair competition laws. Read More
Energy particles flow background showing DeFi and blockchain
Data PrivacyInsights

Blockchain Could Be the Answer to Online Privacy Concerns

March 23, 2021
How can businesses walk the tightrope between using critical customer data and protecting their privacy? Emerging privacy technologies like blockchain and confidential computing provide an ideal solution. Read More
Facebook app on phone and apple on background display showing battle over IDFA tracking
Data PrivacyNews

Former Facebook Insiders Claim the Battle Against Apple IDFA Tracking Is Really About Loss of Tracking Functionality & Perceived PR Opportunity

March 17, 2021
Facebook insiders comment on the battle against Apple's IDFA tracking changes. Biggest concern is that it will lose the ability to track the connection between ads shown on Facebook and sales made elsewhere. Read More
Apple store in the mall in Ireland showing privacy complaint
Data PrivacyNews

New Privacy Complaint Against Apple Alleges iOS 14 Does Not Meet EU Privacy Requirements

March 17, 2021
The Apple privacy complaint is significant as France Digitale is a major lobbying organization, representing over 2,000 companies that include most of the country's venture capital firms and entrepreneurs. Read More
Futuristic road transportation technology showing AI-enabled surveillance cameras
Data PrivacyNews

Little-Known TALON Network of Surveillance Cameras Now Blankets Much of the United States; AI-Enabled License Plate Reader, Object Recognition Technology Spreads in Private Neighborhoods

March 16, 2021
Little-known private network of surveillance cameras called TALON has quietly taken hold in neighborhoods throughout the country with AI-enabled cameras have the ability to recognize objects (and people). Read More
Female hand holds a wooden gavel showing complications and contradictions of privacy regulations
Data PrivacyInsights

Lawmakers Are Conflating Privacy and Security, and That’s Bad for Everyone

March 12, 2021
The term “privacy” has officially become a homonym. How do we move forward when language, even basic definitions, are often at odds or even completely contradictory? Read More
Network digital hologram on city background showing negative view of Big Tech
Data PrivacyNews

New Polling Reveals Increasingly Negative Views of Big Tech, Strong Public Support for Regulation

March 3, 2021
As of 2019, Big Tech companies were not particularly popular as a new poll shows that negative views have increased since then, with only 34% of Americans now expressing any level of positive opinion. Read More
Load More

Latest

Abstract code background showing supply chain attack on Git server

PHP Team Averted a Supply Chain Attack After Hackers Compromised Their Self-Hosted Git Server and Inserted a Backdoor

Google Ads logo on smartphone screen showing national security concern over ad auctions of ad exchanges

US Senate Scrutinizing Ad Exchanges Over Foreign Ad Auctions

Young Caucasian man make notes working on laptop participating in security awareness campaign

4 Critical Elements of Effective Security Awareness Campaigns

City skyline of Sacramento, California

Data Privacy and Data Protection in California

Learn More

About
Contact
Our Advertising
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Terms of Use

Stay Updated

Follow us

CPO Magazine

News, insights and resources for data protection, privacy and cyber security professionals.

Learn More

About
Contact
Our Advertising
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Terms of Use
Do Not Sell My Data

Stay Updated

Follow us

© 2020 Rezonen Pte. Ltd.
CPO Magazine - News, Insights and Resources for Data Privacy, Protection and Cybersecurity Leaders
  • Home
  • News
  • Insights
  • Resources
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
U.S. Data Breach Regulations EU GDPR Cyber Threat
See all results