In a recent interview, Mycroft CEO Joshua Montgomery gave some cynical words against Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home, accusing the tech giants of enriching themselves at the expense of the user. He pointed out that the way the companies handle customer data were full of...
Last Tuesday, the Australian Military clarified that fitness app company Strava did not breach security despite publishing an online “heat map” that revealed that location of military personnel around the world. While Australian Defense Industry Minister Christopher Pyne revealed that the Defense Department is making a...
According to a recent study by Cisco called “Privacy Maturity Benchmark Study”, around 65% of companies around the world experience significant sales cycle delays due to privacy issues. The survey interviewed close to 3000 security professionals from 25 countries. Two-thirds said that data privacy issues...
The recent issue involving fitness app company Strava had awakened privacy concerns regarding apps and devices that capture user’s data. It had been reported that Strava’s fitness app may have inadvertently revealed the location of US military presence in conflict zones. This only shows that...
Last Sunday, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated to the public that the Aadhaar is not a profiling tool and stressed that the identification system is safeguarded by strong laws. In a live chat where questions were asked via Twitter, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan...
Last Monday, Facebook announced that it will be releasing its privacy principles for the first time, as well as educational videos on the topic in preparation for the upcoming GDPR. According to Erin Egan, the videos are intended to help users manage the data Facebook collects...
The company behind Strava, a popular fitness tracker, had recently been accused of inadvertently revealing the presence of US military in sensitive locations such as conflict zones in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen. The issue was raised when a 20-year-old Australian student named Nathan Ruser...
The US National Cyber Security Alliance kicked off its annual Data Privacy Day last January 25, 3 days earlier than the day itself, and featured a number of events including a livestreamed LinkedIn conference from San Francisco. Several TED Talk-style meetings with notable personalities from tech...
Thomson Reuters Legal’s global head of strategy and business development Chris McGuire recently revealed in an interview that the multinational firm had released a web platform that centralizes global legal and regulatory data privacy information called Data Privacy Advisor. McGuire said that the web-based tool, which...
A French startup named Cozy recently announced that it will be creating an ecosystem of “privacy-respecting” open-sourced services. Some of its services, such as Cozy Drive and Cozy Photos, were unveiled this week. The company is known mainly as a cloud storage service provider similar to...