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China is poised to enshrine individuals’ rights to privacy and personal data
China poised to enshrine individuals’ rights to privacy and personal data for the first time a symbolic first step as people become digitised Read more…
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Businesses need to help individuals help themselves with personal data
Effective security protects personal data and takes the risk out of an individual’s behaviour, while not making it onerous. Read more…
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Independent data developers – making data apps for consumers
An open market and individual app developers will give more freedom to consumers and how they want to use their own personal data. Read more…
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Indonesia aims to bring in a new law to protect personal data
Indonesia aims to bring in a new law to protect personal data by next year as it follows in the footsteps of Southeast Asian neighbours such as Singapore. Read more…
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Millions ‘gambling with personal data’ using fake wifi hotspots
Millions of people are gambling with their personal data by blindly accessing fake wifi hotspots, according to a poll. Read more…
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GSMA still wants telcos to be in the SDG business somehow
The GSMA wants telcos to seriously integrate SDGs into their business models. What could go wrong? Well, a lot actually … Read more…
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Selling geolocation data is risky business for telcos
Telcos are monetizing location-based services partly by selling geolocation data to third parties. But are they doing enough to prevent it from being misused? Read more…
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Russian comms ministry backs bill to plug state data leaks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has drawn up draft legislation aimed at stopping leaks of personal information from state agencies, a step that follows publication of details of Russians allegedly involved in clandestine intelligence operations abroad. Read more…
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Malaysian minister proposes open data exchange
In his keynote address at Digital Transformation Asia 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s Minister of Communications and Multimedia Gobind Singh Deo announced an open data exchange platform for the country. Could this signal the re-emergence Read more…
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Hong Kong privacy watchdog probes Cathay Pacific data breach
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner will launch a compliance investigation into Cathay Pacific Airways over a data breach involving 9.4 million passengers, saying the carrier may have violated privacy rules. The airline Read more…