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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.

 

Image of pencil and ruler on a architect plan drawing representing how international standards can be used for privacy and security
Data PrivacyInsights

How to Fit Privacy and Security Using International Standards

July 10, 2017
Yoshihiro Satoh pointed out the difference between privacy and security and then explained about the specific measures for each and also the common measures between them.
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Data PrivacyNews

India’s Razorpay Under Fire for Sharing Nonprofit Payment Data With Delhi Police

July 29, 2022
Regardless of the motivation of the Delhi police, the handover of donor payment data has put India's lack of a national data privacy law and its speech laws in the spotlight.
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Data PrivacyNews

New Apple-Like Privacy Labels Come to Google Play’s Android Apps

May 4, 2022
Information displayed is very similar to what is seen on Apple's privacy labels, but it remains to be seen if Google Play effectively enforces the inclusion of accurate information about Android apps.
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Data PrivacyNews

Draft NIST Privacy Framework For Protecting Individual Privacy Will Also Enhance Enterprise Security

September 25, 2019
A draft NIST Privacy Framework meant for all organizations, regardless of size or sector, to use in improving privacy and security has been released for public comments.
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Data PrivacyResources

Webinar: Using ISACA’s Privacy Principles to Create an Effective Privacy Program

September 22, 2016
To help information security, privacy and compliance professionals architect and implement the best security and privacy practices for your organization, Rebecca Herold, lead developer and author of ISACA's Privacy Principles and Program Management Guide, provides an overview of the 14 principles and explain the importance for each business, in any country, to implement them within their own organizations.
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Data PrivacyNews

DOGE’s Blitzkrieg Through National Government Raising Privacy Concerns Over Access to Federal Data

February 10, 2025
Recent DOGE actions in U.S. Treasury computer systems have raised particular privacy concerns and triggered lawsuits. Some government officials and legal experts are claiming that this access to federal data breaches the Privacy Act of 1974 among other regulations.
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Data PrivacyNews

Pew Research: Americans Are Concerned and Confused Over Data Privacy and Personal Data Collection

December 2, 2019
Research shows most Americans not only becoming concerned and confused but also feeling a lack of control over personal data collection and data privacy in the modern digital economy.
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Data PrivacyNews

State Censorship Accused of Reaching Into China’s Cloud-Based Word Processors; Author Claims Access to Document Blocked Due to “Sensitive Content”

July 27, 2022
Popular cloud-based word processor app WPS, one of the most widely used of its type in China, may be facilitating state censorship of user’s private documents. User complained million-word document was locked due to "sensitive content."
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Data PrivacyNews

New Apple Privacy Policy Has Cost Big Tech Platforms $10 Billion in Lost Ad Revenue

November 9, 2021
Apple's privacy policy changes have already cost other big tech firms nearly $10 billion in lost ad revenue. Research firm Lotame reports that Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have lost a combined $9.85 billion thus far in the third and fourth quarters.
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Data PrivacyNews

‘Verizon Up’ Will Deliver Rewards and Targeted Ads in Return for Your Privacy

September 19, 2017
New Verizon rewards program will give you coffee, music and rides in exchange for your behavioral data for targeted ads. What's the price for your privacy?
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