Privacy at the top of the agenda for Telefonica’s Dirks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Telefonica Deutschland’s O2 chief executive, Thorsten Dirks, called for a debate about data privacy in Germany and said he was looking into ways to monetise customer data. “We need...
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 ArticleEurope’s data privacy watchdogs seek assurances from US
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union data privacy watchdogs will seek assurances from U.S. authorities that a move by U.S. President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration will not undermine...
View ArticleTelefonica differentiates with 4th Platform, where customers control their data
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica announced a new strategy on Sunday promising to give customers back control of their own data with the help of a new digital personal...
View ArticleIntel will buy Mobileye for its deluge of data, so much data
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – To understand Intel’s $15.3 billion proposed acquisition of Israel’s Mobileye, imagine the data created and compiled by a self-driving car scanning the road and objects around...
View ArticleDo not underestimate the importance of sensors in AI
Sensors are the eyes and ears of AI. Data is the raw material of artificial intelligence (see here) meaning that will be increasingly critical that the sensors that collect that data are reliable and...
View ArticleIn five years time the price of data could be zero: GSMA
In his keynote address to the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, Telstra CEO, Andrew Penn, said that operators need to get ready for falling consumer data prices. To the point where the price...
View ArticleWe need more control over how a company uses our data
We need new solutions for collecting and using data that strikes the right balance between consumer benefits and control over their own data. I was looking for the opening hours of a local supermarket...
View ArticleEU-US transatlantic data pact to get green light – at last
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A year-old pact underpinning billions of dollars of transatlantic data transfers will get the green light from the European Union on Wednesday after the first review to ensure...
View ArticleEurope’s data privacy watchdogs seek assurances from US
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union data privacy watchdogs will seek assurances from U.S. authorities that a move by U.S. President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration will not undermine...
View ArticleTelefonica differentiates with 4th Platform, where customers control their data
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica announced a new strategy on Sunday promising to give customers back control of their own data with the help of a new digital personal...
View ArticleIntel will buy Mobileye for its deluge of data, so much data
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – To understand Intel’s $15.3 billion proposed acquisition of Israel’s Mobileye, imagine the data created and compiled by a self-driving car scanning the road and objects around...
View ArticleDo not underestimate the importance of sensors in AI
Sensors are the eyes and ears of AI. Data is the raw material of artificial intelligence (see here) meaning that will be increasingly critical that the sensors that collect that data are reliable and...
View ArticleIn five years time the price of data could be zero: GSMA
In his keynote address to the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, Telstra CEO, Andrew Penn, said that operators need to get ready for falling consumer data prices. To the point where the price...
View ArticleWe need more control over how a company uses our data
We need new solutions for collecting and using data that strikes the right balance between consumer benefits and control over their own data. I was looking for the opening hours of a local supermarket...
View ArticleEU-US transatlantic data pact to get green light – at last
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A year-old pact underpinning billions of dollars of transatlantic data transfers will get the green light from the European Union on Wednesday after the first review to ensure...
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