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China passes new law to protect online user data privacy
China’s National People’s Congress on Friday officially passed a law designed to protect online user data privacy starting November 1. Read more…
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Is the Chinese approach to data governance good or bad? Yes indeed.
The Chinese approach to data governance is being watched closely by the rest of the world. It endorses the concept that data is of value. Read more…
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Guangdong innovates with common data platform, data trading
Guangdong province said it plans to build a common data platform for the Greater Bay Area that includes Hong Kong and Macau. Read more…
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China’s internet watchdog finds 33 mobile apps broke data privacy rules
China’s internet watchdog has found 33 mobile phone apps have broken data privacy rules by collecting data without consent, among other issues Read more…
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Sabotaging data is a thing and another option in the privacy wars
It turns out you can sabotage data. Amongst the range of weapons being swivelled at big tech, there is one that is dark but effective. Read more…
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Data privacy survey in Singapore shines spotlight on Privacy Era
We have said before that we are now entering the data Privacy Era as the issue has become emotional and stressful. Read more…
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Something just changed in the Privacy vs Security wars
We have been wondering about who is winning the privacy vs security wars for a while. Recently, there have been several changes. Read more…
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Google faces another data privacy lawsuit for tracking opted out users
Google faces data privacy lawsuit for tracking users even when they follow the company’s recommended settings for stopping such monitoring. Read more…
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Data privacy law updates eyed by Singapore regulators
Singapore’s data privacy regulators are proposing that the country’s data privacy law could use two new updates. Read more…
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Consumers care about privacy, but not if their personal information pays
Apps hoping to make a dent in the global data market by paying people for their personal information as household incomes continue to tumble. Read more…
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Data privacy alarm bells after Brexit warns whistleblower
British people’s data privacy will be “hanging in the balance” after Brexit, former Cambridge Analytica staffer-turned-whistleblower Brittany Kaiser warned Read more…
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Oh good, Facebook pays people to listen to your audio messages
Facebook has become the fifth Big Tech company this year to reveal that humans are listening to online audio conversations and messages. Read more…
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Is GDPR impacting online revenue? That’s the wrong question
The real question isn’t whether tough privacy laws like GDPR impact online revenues, but whether they’re worth the cost. Read more…
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Data Privacy gets its Day – is this the tipping point?
Apparently there is a thing called Data Privacy Day. It is today. And although we might smile that such a thing even exists, events like this might just prove to be a tipping point in the privacy wars. Read more…