First it was a data tsunami – now it’s just a data disaster
This is not a good time for data. After years of convincing ourselves that data, in all its glorious forms was going to be the saviour of all digital businesses, recent events have proven that it could...
View ArticleOperators are ready to use data, well some are – report
A new report from AsiaInfo will create much discussion in the industry over the next few weeks and months. Based on a survey of operators around the world, it raises questions as well as providing...
View ArticleAccessing data on iPhone now ‘impossible’ says Apple
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc told a U.S. judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be “impossible” with devices using its latest operating system, but the company has the “technical...
View ArticleData security as a sub-economy – untold riches await!
How important is the security of your data these days? If you take into account the amount of press coverage it is getting, or you ask a major corporation that has had customer or corporate data stolen...
View ArticleBritain’s TalkTalk suffers cyber attack – customer data stolen
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s TalkTalk said a ‘significant and sustained’ cyber attack on its website could involve the theft of private data from all of the broadband supplier’s more than 4 million...
View ArticleRoaming charges to go – official
Extra costs of using a mobile phone in countries across the EU are to be scrapped, MEPs have agreed, after years of negotiations. The ban on data roaming charges from 15 June 2017 has received a final...
View ArticleGovernment requests for data spike – Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO/BANGALORE (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said in a report on Wednesday that government demands for its user data surged in the first half of 2015, taking a trend that began at least two years...
View ArticleWith personal data, are you a Processor or Controller?
If you process data – and who doesn’t in our industry – you need to be sure you are doing it legally. When providing services involving personal data, you will either play the role of Processor or...
View ArticleUS and EU lumbering towards data transfer agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation that would grant U.S. privacy rights to Europeans is being delayed in the U.S. Senate, which may complicate negotiations over a broader trans-Atlantic data transfer...
View ArticleFrench regulator cracks down on Facebook over data privacy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The French data protection authority on Monday gave Facebook three months to stop tracking non-users’ web activity without their consent and ordered the social network to stop...
View ArticleThe fight for free data – but who will make money from it?
Netflix plans to tighten its country control, ensuring people can no longer use VPNs to watch another country’s content. Many people feel it is hard to understand why content offerings are restricted...
View ArticleUS sets limits on use of data collected from European citizens
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States has set out limits to its use of data collected in bulk about European citizens after a new information-sharing pact was agreed this month, according to documents...
View ArticleIt’s about the data, dummy – click ‘agree’ to continue
During a recent conversation about advertising I realised that I hate this data stuff. I will go out of my way to avoid giving it away. The conversation was about a company whose advertising budget was...
View ArticleData was the new oil but is the heading the way of old oil
It wasn’t so long ago we were talking about data being the new oil. But today, just like oil, its value is diminishing rapidly. Like oil, over-supply will be the cause of big data’s demise, and as more...
View ArticleThe Data War – a blockbuster starring Sam Security and Pete Privacy
Countries used to go to war over oil, and may do again. Right now, it seems increasingly likely that companies will go to war over data. After all, it is the new oil (although its value may be going...
View ArticleWith the new GDPR, whose data is it anyway?
“Keep Calm and Carry On” seems a fitting theme for the finally-published General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – a new European wide legislation which is designed to give individuals greater control...
View ArticleOur data has value – the future of privacy
We are angry. We want our privacy back. When Mark Zuckerberg said that we ‘now live our lives in public’ we chuckled and didn’t believe him. What he didn’t say was that he, and many others, would track...
View ArticleUK partnership first to send smart grid data over power lines
The UK has just seen a very impressive first, with National Grid and Reactive Technologies partnering to send data via the power lines that bring electricity to homes and businesses. This demonstration...
View ArticleEverything you always wanted to know about eye tracking (Part 3)
Get the most from eye tracking Why combine eye tracking with other biometric sensors? Take up again the milk bottle situation in (Part 2). Although you looked straight at the bottle, you didn‘t realize...
View ArticleIn Myanmar rapid subscriber growth slows, data becomes focus
YANGON (Reuters) – Norwegian telecoms company Telenor will focus on improving data services in Myanmar, the head of the local business said on Wednesday, as an era of rapid subscriber growth following...
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