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2 days ago
Privacy professionals

Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status

Grindr is facing a lawsuit for allegedly sharing sensitive user data, breaching privacy laws. [ more ]
The Conversation
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

Websites deceive users by deliberately hiding the extent of data collection and sharing

Websites use deception to hide personal data sharing, impacting privacy rights [ more ]
Ars Technica
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Car makers' shady data sharing takes spotlight in GM connected car scandal

Car owners facing insurance issues due to GM's data sharing practice
Potential industry impact if more drivers pursue legal action [ more ]
AdExchanger
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Privacy Sandbox Scrutiny Needs To Dig Deeper To Find Its Real Flaws | AdExchanger

The Privacy Sandbox has 12 restrictive features which could stifle ad tech innovation.
Features like Fenced Frames and IP Protection in the Privacy Sandbox limit data sharing and give Google control over information. [ more ]
The Verge
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

Google will now let EU users choose which of its services share their data

Google introduces new policy for users in Europe to opt out of data sharing across select services in response to EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
DMA includes rules on interoperability and competition, such as not favoring Google's own services in Search's ranking. [ more ]
The Verge
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

Google will now let EU users choose which of its services share their data

Google introduces new policy for users in Europe to opt out of data sharing across select services in response to EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
DMA includes rules on interoperability and competition, such as not favoring Google's own services in Search's ranking. [ more ]
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data-privacy
www.nytimes.com
2 days ago
Data science

How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

Automakers selling driving behavior data to insurance industry without driver consent, leading to potential premium increases. [ more ]
Detroit Free Press
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

GM cuts ties with 2 data firms amid heated lawsuit over driver data

GM severed ties with data brokers post lawsuit
More lawsuits may follow for data sharing violations [ more ]
AdExchanger
3 months ago
Marketing tech

AWS Wants To Be The Backbone Of Independent Ad Tech

Companies beyond Big Tech can win in the clean room category depending on their position in the stack.
AWS sees itself as a facilitator of secure data sharing and analysis, not a competitor of data clean room providers. [ more ]
moredata-privacy
privacy-concerns
www.nytimes.com
2 days ago
Data science

How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

Automakers data sharing leads to insurance premium hikes without driver consent. [ more ]
Quartz
4 weeks ago
Data science

Watch out for these digital kiosks because they grab your phone's data as you walk by

Digital kiosks from Soofa collect phone's data near them for analytics and sell it to local governments and advertisers.
The data collected includes phone's unique identifier, manufacturer, and signal strength to track individuals' movement near the kiosks. [ more ]
Entrepreneur
1 month ago
Business intelligence

General Motors Stops Sharing Driving Data Amid Lawsuit | Entrepreneur

GM stopped sharing driver data with LexisNexis and Verisk.
Customer lawsuit filed over data sharing and increased insurance rates. [ more ]
New York Post
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Apple's turns on 'creepy-sounding setting' by default - that you may want to keep hidden

The default setting 'Discoverable by Others' in Apple's new iPhone update isn't actually sharing names and locations without consent.
Despite users toggling off the 'Journaling Suggestions' feature, it's automatically turned on in the settings, raising privacy concerns. [ more ]
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can)

Cars collect personal data and share it, often without clear knowledge.
Data collected includes diagnostics, location, and usage, shared for various purposes including advertising and insurance. [ more ]
Practical Ecommerce
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Second-party Data Could Unlock Ad Targeting

Second-party data sharing can provide an alternative to tracking individuals across websites and devices.
Elimination of third-party cookies raises privacy concerns but could lead to less targeted ads and increased ad spend. [ more ]
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Medium
3 days ago
Artificial intelligence

How is Generative AI Transforming Healthcare Provider's Engagement With EHR and EMR Systems?

Generative AI in healthcare holds tremendous potential for automation and efficiency improvements. [ more ]
TechCrunch
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Google brings Stack Overflow's knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud | TechCrunch

Stack Overflow launches OverflowAPI for AI companies like Google to access data.
Partnership with Google aims to enrich Google Cloud with validated Stack Overflow answers. [ more ]
ReadWrite
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Wordpress and Tumblr will sell user data to train AI models - report

Automattic is planning to sell user data for AI training.
Automattic is implementing new settings for users to opt-out of data sharing with third parties, including AI companies. [ more ]
The Verge
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Tumblr's owner is striking deals with OpenAI and Midjourney for training data, says report

Automattic in talks with AI companies to use data from Tumblr users' posts for training AI models.
Automattic plans to launch an opt-out setting for users to prevent data sharing with third parties, including AI companies. [ more ]
TechCrunch
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI and blockchains might need one another to evolve, according to new report | TechCrunch

The AI sector needs more secure data sharing and decentralization marketplaces for its models.
Blockchain technology can benefit from AI models and agents in real time to improve moderating for vulnerabilities. [ more ]
Ars Technica
11 months ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI gives in to Italy's data privacy demands, ending ChatGPT ban

In March, an Italian privacy regulator temporarily banned OpenAI's ChatGPT, worried that the text generator had no age-verification controls or "legal basis" for gathering online user data to train the AI tool's algorithms.The regulator gave OpenAI until April 30 to fix these issues, and last Friday, OpenAI announced it had implemented many of the requested changes ahead of schedule.
WIRED
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Apple Chip Flaw Leaks Secret Encryption Keys

Hotel room locks worldwide vulnerable to intrusion technique
Privacy concerns include Apple's iMessage encryption and data sharing by websites. [ more ]
SheFinds
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Tech Experts Reveal The Secret iPhone Settings Apple Doesn't Want You To Turn Off

Fiddling with brightness and using Low Power Mode can help save battery power on iPhone.
Apple has secret settings like In-App Ratings, Analytics & Improvements, Personalized Ads, and Two-Factor Authentication. [ more ]
ComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

IT security strategy: Assessing the risks of generative AI | Computer Weekly

IT security leaders are recognizing the risks and opportunities of generative AI for enterprise IT.
A consensus on defense against AI-based attacks is expected to emerge in 2024, leading to a spike in demand for experts who can move between AI and cybersecurity domains. [ more ]
Social Media Today
2 months ago
Marketing

TikTok's Still Sharing US User Data with China-Based Staff, According to New Reports

TikTok managers instruct workers to share user data without going through official channels
ByteDance workers in China frequently update TikTok's algorithm, making it difficult for employees to catch potential problems [ more ]
App Developer Magazine
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Apps that share your personal data the most| App Developer Magazine

Popular apps like Picsart AI Photo Editor and 8 Ball Pool are among the top apps that share personal data with third parties.
Amazon Shopping and Subway Surfers also ranked high in sharing personal information. [ more ]
Ars Technica
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

Patreon attacks law that keeps platforms from sharing your video views

Patreon is asking a federal judge to declare the Video Privacy Protection Act unconstitutional, which would allow businesses to share customers' video data with third parties.
The Video Privacy Protection Act was passed in 1988 after a reporter shared the video rental history of a Supreme Court nominee. The law requires written consent to share sensitive video data. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
Tech industry

General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers

General Motors stopped sharing driving data with data brokers for insurance risk profiling.
Drivers enrolled in OnStar Smart Driver had data on their driving habits shared with insurance companies, affecting their rates. [ more ]
Business Insider
1 year ago
Tech industry

Twitter is considering forcing users to let the company sell their data and phone numbers to advertisers, in potential breach of Apple rules

Platformer reports that Twitter is working on plans to force users to share their data.Users' locations and phone numbers could also be sold to advertisers by Twitter.You might be able to opt out by paying $8, but Apple says you can't force users to make this choice.Twitter is working on plans to force some users to agree to data sharing or lose access to the app in a bid to save its ad business, according to Platformer.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Tech industry

Twitter Said to Agree to Give Elon Musk Access to Stream of Tweets

Elon Musk has threatened to pull out of a $44 billion deal for Twitter, saying the company has refused to give him information about its fake accounts.
EU data protection
Ars Technica
1 month ago
EU data protection

Facebook, Instagram may cut fees by nearly 50% in scramble for DMA compliance

Meta is considering cutting monthly subscription fees for Facebook and Instagram users in the EU to comply with the Digital Market Act.
Reduction in fees is aimed at expediting the EC's resolution of Meta's compliance issues. [ more ]
ComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago
EU data protection

Home Office signs tech and data sharing deal with Frontex | Computer Weekly

Enhanced border security through data sharing with Frontex
Focus on collaboration for improved intelligence and technology use [ more ]
Theregister
2 months ago
EU data protection

Billions lost to fraud during UK's pandemic spending spree

Fraud in UK public spending during the pandemic reached up to £59 billion ($74.4 billion), according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO).
The NAO identified a lack of access to data as a reason for the authorities' struggle to combat fraud during the pandemic.
The NAO recommends that the government work on improving data sharing and interoperability across different government departments to better prevent and address fraud in future emergencies. [ more ]
Iapp
2 months ago
EU data protection

ICO campaign promotes responsible data sharing to keep children safe

The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a campaign called 'Think. Check. Share.' to raise awareness about responsible data sharing to protect children.
The ICO is partnering with educational institutions, law enforcement, and social service agencies to educate about data protection laws and safe sharing of personal information. [ more ]
The Verge
3 months ago
EU data protection

Google will now let EU users choose which of its services share their data

Google introduces new policy for users in Europe to opt out of data sharing across select services in response to EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
DMA includes rules on interoperability and competition, such as not favoring Google's own services in Search's ranking. [ more ]
the Guardian
1 year ago
EU data protection

Parking fines: DVLA breached law over sharing drivers' details

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) breached data protection laws in the way it passed on motorists' personal details to private parking firms, the UK's data watchdog has ruled.
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SFGATE
1 month ago
Marketing

TikTok's 10 Best Real Estate Accounts To Check Out Right Now-Before It's Too Late

Efforts to ban TikTok in the U.S. are gaining momentum due to security concerns about data sharing with the Chinese government.
TikTok's potential ban could have significant financial implications for creators and small businesses. [ more ]
TNW | Data-Security
1 month ago
Marketing

'French scar' leaves another mark on TikTok's painful week

Italian authorities fined TikTok €10mn over 'French scar' challenge.
US lawmakers pass bill that could lead to forced sale or ban of TikTok. [ more ]
App Developer Magazine
2 months ago
Marketing

AI marketing automation from Act On Data Lake| App Developer Magazine

Act-On Software has developed a Data Lake that functions as a private Customer Data Platform (CDP) within its marketing automation solution.
The Data Lake allows for bidirectional sharing of information and enables marketers to import first-party, second-party, and third-party data for more personalized marketing campaigns. [ more ]
ReadWrite
2 months ago
Marketing

TikTok promised to safeguard American data but it's not

Data is occasionally shared with TikTok's parent company in China, contrary to their claims of walled-off American data.
TikTok's Project Texas, which manages U.S. data and content recommendations, is struggling to keep up with updates to the app's algorithm. [ more ]
Social Media Today
2 months ago
Marketing

TikTok's Still Sharing US User Data with China-Based Staff, According to New Reports

TikTok managers instruct workers to share data without going through official channels
ByteDance workers in China frequently update TikTok's algorithm that Project Texas employees struggle to monitor [ more ]
AdExchanger
3 months ago
Marketing

Big Tech Braces For The EU's DMA; Google Cloud Drops Exit Fees (If You Exit, Too) | AdExchanger

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is regulating anti-competitive practices of gatekeeper platforms in the EU.
Meta, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and ByteDance are considered gatekeeper platforms. [ more ]
Amazic
1 month ago
Business intelligence

6 ways available to address interoperability challenges across software systems - Amazic

52% prioritize patient care and coordination
68% struggle with technical limitations for decision-making [ more ]
MedCity News
2 months ago
Public health

Tools for Better Data Interoperability Are Here - But Providers Aren't Adopting Them

Interoperability remains a challenge in the healthcare industry.
Software developers are striving to enhance data sharing tools and standards. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
5 months ago
Public health

W.H.O. Says China Has Shared Data Indicating No Novel Pathogen

China shared data on respiratory illnesses in children with the WHO, indicating no detection of unusual pathogens.
Rise in cases was due to known viruses and bacteria. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
5 months ago
Public health

W.H.O. Says China Has Shared Data Indicating No Novel Pathogen

China shared data on respiratory illnesses in children with the WHO, indicating no detection of unusual pathogens.
Rise in cases was due to known viruses and bacteria. [ more ]
Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
2 months ago
Deliverability

Family 6-Pack to the Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Winners chosen randomly
Consent to data use for email list [ more ]
Practical Ecommerce
2 months ago
Privacy technologies

Shopify 'Audiences' Boosts Cookieless Ads

Shopify Audiences is a data-sharing co-op for Shopify Plus merchants.
Regulatory changes are impacting digital advertising and privacy concerns are increasing. [ more ]
www.npr.org
3 months ago
OMG science

Why the war in Ukraine is bad for climate science

Lack of data about conditions in the Russian Arctic is hindering climate science and will result in gaps in understanding of climate change in the region.
Excluding Russian data from climate models makes them less accurate, posing challenges for predicting the future of the Arctic. [ more ]
Inverse
1 year ago
OMG science

These 13 missions could be China's next big space mission

China will select half a dozen space-mission proposals in the next few months from a candidate list of 13, and may adopt their picks as soon as 2024 for operations later this decade.
Engadget
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

Apple and Google are probably spying on your push notifications

Foreign governments can request push notification data from Apple and Google
Apple claims it was prohibited by the federal government from sharing this information [ more ]
Engadget
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

Apple and Google are probably spying on your push notifications

Foreign governments can request push notification data from Apple and Google
Apple claims it was prohibited by the federal government from sharing this information [ more ]
Engadget
4 months ago
Digital life

Apple and Google are probably spying on your push notifications

Foreign governments can request push notification data from Apple and Google
Apple claims it was prohibited by the federal government from sharing this information [ more ]
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
5 months ago
London politics

Sadiq Khan accused of being 'asleep on the job' of reforming Met Police

The study on stop and search using body-worn cameras in London has been delayed due to data sharing issues and disagreements between City Hall and the Metropolitan Police.
The study was mentioned in Baroness Casey's review of the Met's culture, which found the force to be institutionally racist, misogynistic, and homophobic.
The project has been paused indefinitely since November 2022 after the Mayor's office found huge variation in coding and key information in the initial footage collection. [ more ]
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
11 months ago
Mental health

NIMH Data Archive (NDA) Data Submission OH Webinar

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1. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Data Archive (NDA) provides a secure platform for data submission and sharing of mental health research data.
2. NDA offers a comprehensive suite of data management and sharing tools, including an open-source data submission and
Los Angeles Times
11 months ago
California

Mutilated body found in Alabama in 1997 identified through 'genetic genealogy' as California man

Decades after a mutilated body was found in a wooded area in northern Alabama, officials have identified the cold-case victim as a California man through intensive DNA technology and genetic genealogy.The body, found April 15, 1997, in Union Grove, Ala., was discovered along a creek, with its head, feet and hands removed, as well as other parts of the body mutilated, apparently in an attempt to make forensic identification more difficult, according to a news release this week from Alabama's Marshall County Sheriff's Office.
Exchangewire
11 months ago
Marketing tech

CairoRCSMedia Achieves Cookieless Targeting with Permutive

CairoRCS Media announced its cookieless capabilities in partnership with audience platform, Permutive, which enables the activation of audiences without using third-party cookies and without ever exposing consumers' personal information.Cookie-blocking browsers, regulators, and tech are giving users the tools, awareness, and choice to protect their data by opting out of data sharing.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

The TV Industry Will (Finally) Shift To New Currencies In 2023 | AdExchanger

Although broadcasters have been busy testing alternate currencies since Nielsen lost its accreditation for local and national ratings in 2021, Nielsen was still center stage during the 2022 upfronts."Right now, we're just talking," Andrea Zapata, EVP of ad sales, research and measurement insights at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), told AdExchanger at CES in Las Vegas last week.
Wareable
11 months ago
Public health

Google's Health Connect platform lands later this year with a raft of wearable integrations - Wareable

Google has announced a number of key updates to Health Connect, with the platform progressing from beta to Android 14 later this year.The company skipped over the developments during its two-hour I/O keynote on 9 May, but has since confirmed that the health hub will become a core element of all updated Android devices.
Digiday
1 year ago
Marketing

WTF is a data clean room?

Originally published on March 1, 2019, this article has been updated to include an explainer video that highlights IAB Tech Lab's data clean room standards that were introduced in February 2023.Advertisers' attempts to break down data's walled gardens have found a second wind.The emergence of so-called data clean rooms - safe spaces where insights gleaned from the walled gardens are commingled with first-party data from advertisers for measurement and attribution - is gathering pace as media trading becomes more addressable.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

What Publishers Need To Know About Implementing The MSPA | AdExchanger

The ad industry is facing one of its biggest regulatory fears: a patchwork of distinct state privacy laws.California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut and Utah have privacy laws that have either recently taken effect or will come into effect this year.To help businesses operate in this complicated legislative landscape, the IAB released the Multi-State Privacy Agreement (MSPA), which offers a contractual framework and consent management guidance for compliance.
POLITICO
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

FTC reaches deal with online therapy company over data misuse claims

BetterHelp requires anyone interested in its services to fill out a lengthy questionnaire about their health, like whether or not they've previously been in counseling before, as well as personally identifiable information.The FTC asserts that though the company promises not to share this data, it sent personal health information to Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo, and Pinterest for marketing purposes.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Public health

WHO Wants MoreData From China as Omicron Drives COVID Surge

Naomi Kresge, Lisa Pham and Immanual John Milton (Bloomberg) Two known omicron subvariants are driving the vast majority of infections as COVID-19 surges through China, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, repeating a call for more transparency as the country grapples with the end of its COVID Zero policy.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Key points in Sunak's plan to tackle migrant crossings

Rishi Sunak vowed to do what must be done as he set out a package of measures aimed at stopping people risking the dangerous crossing of the English Channel in small boats.The Prime Minister said it was unfair that people come here illegally and declared: We have to stop the boats.Here are some of the key measures set out by Mr Sunak in the Commons:  A new agreement has been reached with Albania to return people to the country.
Austin Monitor
11 months ago
Austin

City commission looks at proposal for new communication center - Austin Monitor

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 by Ava Garderet
The Urban Transportation Committee was presented last Tuesday with the prospect of a second facility to operate CTECC: the Combined Transportation, Emergency and Communications Center.The purpose of CTECC is to facilitate more efficient communication and data sharing between agencies, by focusing on public safety through dispatch of law enforcement and EMS, transportation management with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and emergency management through the city and county.
The Verge
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Mozilla study lambasts Google over "misleading" privacy labels on top Android apps

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Mozilla discovered privacy disclosure discrepancies for apps like TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook following investigation into Google Play Store data safety labels.An investigation into data safety labels on the Google Play Store has allegedly uncovered "serious loopholes" that allow apps like Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook to easily provide false or misleading information regarding how user data is shared.
ComputerWeekly.com
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Online banks still riddled with cyber security flaws, report says | Computer Weekly

Vladimir Gerasimov - stock.adobeBy
The websites and mobile applications of some of the UK's most popular retail banks are riddled with security flaws that are putting consumers at risk of falling victim to digitally enabled fraud, according to a report from consumer organisation Which?.Out of the banks assessed by Which? and security testing specialists Red Maple, Virgin Money, Nationwide, TSB and The Co-Operative Bank scored lowest for website security, while the most secure services were offered by Starling, HSBC, NatWest and Lloyds.
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

The mortgage servicing experts at Sagent are building the future of fintech

Building the future of mortgage servicing technology is about granular, nuanced innovation - knowing what changes must happen and when, and executing with no mistakes across scale operations where every tiny detail is highly regulated.And doing all of this within aging infrastructure - it's about building pathways within the aging infrastructure and incrementally replacing it with the new.
AdExchanger
1 year ago
Marketing tech

A CMP Isn't Enough. Follow These 5 Steps For Compliance. | AdExchanger

Data-Driven Thinking " is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.Considering how much data moves through third parties in advertising, analytics and measurement, data sharing creates more liability than data theft.Many brands and publishers employ consent management platforms (CMPs).
Theregister
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

China outlines plan for 'Government Affairs Big Data System'

China's State Council has outlined a plan to create a National Integrated Government Affairs Big Data System that, by the year 2025, is expected to make millions of government data sets available from one place.The outline explains that governments at all levels across China have already contributed to a data catalog that details more than three million government data libraries and more than 20 million information items.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

8 insightful ways to design boring Terms of Service page

Designing the way humans interpret complex strings of text
Social Media Today
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Twitter Launches Updated, Simplified Privacy Policy, and New Game to Highlight Protection Options

Today, Twitter has , and a launched an updated privacy policy redesigned privacy site, which also includes a new, interactive game designed to help users better understand their privacy and data options in the app.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Marketing

Gov. Greg Abbott directs state agencies to ban TikTok on government devices

AUSTIN, Texas  On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered all Texas state agencies to ban TikTok on government-issued devices, citing the threat of the Chinese Communist Party gaining access to U.S. information and infrastructure.In letters to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan and state agency leaders, the governor said his office had gained information about growing threats posed by TikTok that require immediate action to protect our State's sensitive information and critical infrastructure.
Breaking Defense
1 year ago
Law

Pentagon to award $9B JWCC cloud contract mid-December

TOWSON, Md. - The Pentagon is set to award a new $9 billion multi-vendor contract for its key military cloud computing backbone by mid-December earlier this year, officials from the after delaying the effort Defense Information Systems Agency said today.Sharon Woods, director of DISA's Hosting and Compute Center, told reporters that officials "have a very high level of confidence in the mid-December award" for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) , the successor to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure  cloud contract that was scrapped in 2021.
LogRocket Blog
1 year ago
JavaScript

Best methods for unzipping files in Node.js - LogRocket Blog

As technology has advanced over the years, the need for more memory consumption and portability has grown.Many data compression technologies use underlying algorithms suitable for different operations and file sizes to address this concern.Some standard algorithms include ZIP, BZIP2, 7-ZIP, JPEG, PEG, and more.
ComputerWeekly.com
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Data sharing: How can we make sure the UK is a world leader?

Ensuring that both personal and industrial data can flow responsibly across the entire economy is vital for achieving the ambitions of the National Data Strategy.
Adtech companies take heed …
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

FTC sued by firm allegedly selling sensitive data on abortion clinic visits

Among the first location data brokers to publicly come under fire by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly selling sensitive reproductive health data is Kochava, Inc.
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In it, Kochava described a proposed FTC complaint against Kochava that alleges that the company's data collection practices make it possible for third parties and bad actors to track users' sensitive location data.The FTC suggests that mobile phone users weren't reasonably informed that they were sharing this data with Kochava, making the practice unfair or deceptive and allegedly in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Based in Idaho, Kochava's primary business is designing app-developer tools to track, organize, and visualize marketing data, often purchasing and selling third-party mobile device data to its customers under a secondary business called Kochava Collective.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

FTC sued by firm allegedly selling sensitive data on abortion clinic visits

Among the first location data brokers to publicly come under fire by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly selling sensitive reproductive health data is Kochava, Inc.
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In it, Kochava described a proposed FTC complaint against Kochava that alleges that the company's data collection practices make it possible for third parties and bad actors to track users' sensitive location data.The FTC suggests that mobile phone users weren't reasonably informed that they were sharing this data with Kochava, making the practice unfair or deceptive and allegedly in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Based in Idaho, Kochava's primary business is designing app-developer tools to track, organize, and visualize marketing data, often purchasing and selling third-party mobile device data to its customers under a secondary business called Kochava Collective.
Social Media Today
1 year ago
Marketing

YouTube Expands Test of Product Tagging in Uploads, Providing Another Creator Monetization Option

With all the major platforms now looking to integrate commerce options, YouTube's expanding its test of third-party product tags, which enable chosen creators to tag products that are featured in their video clips, with the creator, at least at present, being paid by directly by YouTube for using these item highlights.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

Acer ConceptD 500 is a sleek, minimalist yet powerful PC tower - Yanko Design

Acer has recently introduced a slew of new products.We already looked into the Aspire Vero laptops, and now we're ready to focus on the ConceptD 500.
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