Privacy

Privacy has become all the more essential in the age of data exploitation. The way data and technology are now deployed means that our privacy is under increased threat  and on a scale that we couldn’t have imagined 20 years ago, outside of science fiction – the ways in which…

The European Union has long been a trendsetter in privacy regulation. Its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and stringent antitrust laws have inspired new legislation around the world. For decades, the EU has codified protections on personal data and fought against what it viewed as commercial exploitation of private information, proudly positioning…

In its July 16 ruling, the European court declared the Privacy Shield, which has underpinned data flows between the European Union and the U.S., to be immediately invalid. Suddenly, as many as 5,000 companies, from banks to payroll processors and social media goliaths like Facebook and Google, are forced to…

There’s a growing body of evidence to suggest that privacy is in fact a meaningful driver of business value. Yet so often, whether within an early stage startup or significantly larger organisation, privacy is an afterthought. Privacy and Data Protection are too rarely ‘by design’. We think about this a…

Does your organization want to aggregate and analyze data to learn trends, but in a way that protects privacy? Or perhaps you are already using differential privacy tools, but want to expand (or share) your knowledge? In either case, this blog series is for you. Why are we doing this…

On June 1, California’s Office of the Attorney General submitted the final proposed regulations package for the California Consumer Privacy Act to the Office of Administrative Law for review. Included in this package is the Final Statement of Reasons, explaining the modifications from the initially proposed text of the regulations,…

The Tim Hortons breakfast empire is feeling the heat in its native Canada over the data collection practices of its mobile app. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), along with the privacy commissioners of the provinces of Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia is launching an investigation to…

In spite of a seemingly never-ending stream of high profile data breaches and hacks, a worrying number of organizations still feel that updating and optimizing privacy practices is a backburner item. A new study from data privacy compliance platform Osano provides some very sharp and eye-popping numbers to the contrary;…

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is fully in force as of July 1, but a new study from data privacy management firm Ethyca shows that more than half of organizations are still not prepared for it. This is a very late point in the game to get started, as…

We asked our 2020 intake of Technology Pioneers for their views on how technology will change the world in the next five years. From quantum computers and 5G in action to managing cancer chronically, here are their predictions for our near-term future. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto 1. AI-optimized manufacturing Paper and…