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The Happiest Place on Earth? Disney in Trouble Over Mobile Apps for Kids

August 10, 2017

Virtual version of ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’ may not reflect that childlike innocence and joy. In fact, a lawsuit claims that Disney is ruthlessly gathering information through mobile apps for kids to target advertising and ‘other commercial purposes’.

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Congress Discusses Future of Internet Surveillance While Silicon Valley Sits on Sidelines

July 29, 2017

Congress has brought the controversial bill on internet surveillance back to the discussion room, and this time, Silicon Valley remains largely silent.

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Data Protection News

Civil Society Annoyed at Being Sidelined in Major EU Data Flow Conference

July 19, 2017

Estonia takes over presidency of EU and hosts major Digital Single Market conference on free movement of data, touching on data flow and data localization.

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FBI Cybercrime Report Says Ransomware Attacks Not as Damaging as Other Threats

July 6, 2017

Ransomware attacks are potentially very damaging But there are far more serious threats according to FBI’s Cybercrime Report. It’s your email that’s the issue.

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Cyber Security News

Online Trust an Issue for Banks and Government Study Shows

June 30, 2017

A recent audit of websites by the well-known Online Trust Alliance has revealed something that many consumers have long suspected. Financial institutions are the least trusted when it comes to cybersecurity. Although the results are no doubt coloured by the inherent fear that many consumers have when it comes to the security of their money, it should still be a worry for banks which have long struggled with issues around online trust.

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Queen’s Speech Heralds New Era for UK Data Protection

June 27, 2017

The 21st of June 2017 saw UK’s Queen Elizabeth give what is generally known as ‘The Queen’s Speech’ in which Her Majesty gave some insights into just how seriously the UK government is taking issues of online privacy and data protection.

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Apple’s Privacy Play to Disrupt Online Advertising

June 12, 2017

Apple may just have found the solution to counter Google by focusing on Apple's privacy commitment to their customers, especially in online advertising.

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Data Privacy News

Big Data in Politics and The Biggest Business of All

May 25, 2017

Big data in politics has become big news in the United Kingdom as the Guardian newspaper reports that the vote for the UK to leave the European Union saw two international companies manipulating public opinion through the use of big data mining techniques.

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Telco Gives Consumer Privacy Control Over Data

May 11, 2017

Telefónica in Germany has announced a partnership with U.K. firm People.io to power an app through which the telco giant's customers can control some of their data.

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Is Facebook’s Sentiment Analysis Targeting Vulnerable Teens?

May 5, 2017

Facebook's sentiment analysis understands the emotions of vulnerable teens and and is giving that data to advertisers to help understand market segments.

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The Happiest Place on Earth? Disney in Trouble Over Mobile Apps for Kids

Congress Discusses Future of Internet Surveillance While Silicon Valley Sits on Sidelines

FBI Cybercrime Report Says Ransomware Attacks Not as Damaging as Other Threats

Online Trust an Issue for Banks and Government Study Shows

Apple’s Privacy Play to Disrupt Online Advertising

Is Facebook’s Sentiment Analysis Targeting Vulnerable Teens?

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People

Chinese Actors Deploy LLM Gateways to Clone U.S. Frontier AI Models

Google Joins the Rogue AI Model Party, But Insists Its “Mistaken Identity” Incidents Were Not Misalignment