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Apple and Facebook CEOs square off over “weaponized” data

October 25, 2018 News Centre 0

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday said customer data was being “weaponized with military efficiency” by companies to increase profit and called for a federal privacy law in the United States. Read more…

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Microsoft buys into the Grab gravy train

October 10, 2018 News Centre 0

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Microsoft is investing in Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab as part of a partnership that the two companies said will allow them to collaborate on technology projects, including big data and artificial Read more…

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Friday Futures: future history, moon bases and DNA playlists

September 28, 2018 John C. Tanner 0

Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: a history of the future; Moonbase 2040; quantum computers in five years; social credit scoring may Read more…

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Personal data should be protected as aggressively as copyright

September 20, 2018 Jouko Ahvenainen 0

Record labels and movie production companies work hard to protect their copyrights, especially when it comes to digital distribution solutions, which has resulted in all kinds of restrictions in how content can be copied, distributed Read more…

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GSMA calls for free-flowing data across APAC borders

September 6, 2018 News Centre 0

The GSMA has put its weight behind the concept of letting data flow freely across borders with a new research report that claims governments in Asia-Pacific can expand the region’s digital economy and unlock further Read more…

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Amazon wants to harvest big data from outer space

September 5, 2018 News Centre 0

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Amazon is in talks with Chile to house and mine massive amounts of data generated by the country’s giant telescopes, which could prove fertile ground for the company to develop new artificial Read more…

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Can big data replace free speech? China is keen to try

August 22, 2018 John C. Tanner 0

From time to time Disruptive.Asia posts stories about China’s increasing use of digital technologies like big data, AI and facial recognition to create a digital panopticon state of sorts. But it’s not just about spying Read more…

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Google faces class-action lawsuit over mobile tracking

August 21, 2018 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – Google has been accused in a lawsuit of illegally tracking the movements of millions of iPhone and Android phone users even when they use a privacy setting to prevent it. According to a Read more…

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US tech firms set up to fight India’s data storage rules

August 20, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – US technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localization requirements, which they say will undermine their growth ambitions in India, sources told Reuters. US trade groups, representing Read more…

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India may relax data storage rules for overseas payment firms

July 12, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s finance ministry has proposed relaxing a directive from the country’s central bank that would compel global payment firms to store customer data only locally, following weeks of intense lobbying by Read more…

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Facebook fined a whopping £500,000 in UK over Cambridge Analytica

July 12, 2018 News Centre 0

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s information regulator slapped Facebook with a small but symbolic fine for breaches of data protection law after millions of users’ data was improperly accessed by consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The 500,000 pound Read more…

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Blockchain could help users take control of their digital data

July 6, 2018 Guest Writer 0

Recent breaches and scandals involving misuse of user data has ignited a debate over data ownership. Blockchain could tilt the balance in favor of end users, but it’s not as easy as it sounds. Since Read more…

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GDPR achieved one unexpected thing in the privacy battle

July 4, 2018 Alex Leslie 0

It is easy to dismiss the GDPR debacle as just that, a debacle. No one is prepared for it, not even government departments that are meant to be enforcing it. No one has seen any change Read more…

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American, Britain and Asian regulators want GDPR exemptions

June 26, 2018 News Centre 0

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Financial watchdogs from North America, Britain and Asia are urgently seeking a formal exemption from the European Union’s tough new GDPR data privacy law to avoid hampering cross-border investigations, regulatory officials told Read more…

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Friday Futures: how to control your robot, blockchained Pokemons

June 22, 2018 Alex Leslie 0

Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: how to control your robot; blockchained Pokemons; better IoT device tracking; big data is bad Read more…

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Most Japanese firms lagging in GDPR compliance: poll

June 22, 2018 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – Around a quarter of Japanese businesses have made progress on meeting some of the easier requirements under Europe’s new GDPR data privacy regulations while about another 20% plan to do so, a Read more…

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GDPR kicks off the new era of consent (and perhaps Me2B)

June 19, 2018 Guest Writer 0

GDPR has put consent front and center in the big data debate – that’s why companies need to go further and develop proactive policies that give consumers full control. The EU General Data Protection Regulation Read more…

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Vietnam passes cyber security law with tough data storage rules

June 12, 2018 News Centre 0

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese lawmakers approved a controversial cyber security law on Tuesday, voting amid tight security following weekend protests over other legislation that turned violent in some parts of the communist country. The law, Read more…

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Facebook’s latest user data outrage puts more pressure on everyone

June 7, 2018 Richard Windsor 0

The latest disclosures with regard to Facebook’s lax custodianship of user data further underpin that large Internet companies with millions of users need to take a leaf out of Google’s book and “go slower with Read more…

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Facebook confirms it shares user data with Huawei and others

June 6, 2018 News Centre 0

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies including Huawei, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, which has come under scrutiny from US intelligence agencies on Read more…

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