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African regulators have not yet met the challenge of protecting farm data.
Biometrics can help companies to be more efficient and to improve their products but there’s a growing need for transparency.
New research shows that opt-in policies may not be as effective as intended when it comes to data protection and privacy regulations.
Meta’s decision to charge users for an ad-free experience still requires that people have their information collected.
The draft bill has a number of issues, ranging from an insecure mechanism that leaves people’s data vulnerable to attacks, to a lack of mandatory disclosure of data breaches.
Companies tend to focus on appeasing angry customers after a data breach. New research shows they may want to pay more attention to customers who are afraid to return to their site.
Montana has announced plans to ban the app from January 2024, making it a potential testing ground for a ‘TikTok-free’ America.
An integrative cybersecurity and data protection program will help firms adjust their management protocols and be better prepared for future cybersecurity trends.
Social media firms in Europe are well on the way to a thousand cuts.
Huduma Namba data processing poses high risks, since very personal data, including biometrics, is collected.
A glance over the NHS app’s new privacy policy has revealed the wider, potentially concerning scope of vaccine passports.
To anticipate and protect themselves against the rise in cyberattacks, organizations need to consider new vulnerabilities that emerge when employees work from home.
Two-factor authentication is certainly an added layer of security as we traverse the online world. But it comes in various forms, and they’re not all equally protective.
Self-regulation by the technology industry has failed to keep people safe online. That’s a job for government.
Following a privacy policy change in 2016, Google has collected users’ data from third-party websites and apps. The ACCC argues users were misled into signing away their privacy.
Australia is coming under sustained cyber attack by a ‘state-based’ actor, says Prime Minister Scott Morrison, as hackers try to exploit vulnerabilities in business and government software systems.
Reports that UK citizens are to lose the data protection from GDPR are overblown.
South African consumers aren’t confident that organisations always use their information lawfully and for agreed purposes.
What to make of Grindr’s acquisition by a Chinese corporate group.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Media/Privacy Law, Aston University
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Associate professor, University of South Africa
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Professor of Management and Innovation, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Research fellow, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS - CSIC)
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Senior Lecturer, Public Law, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Strategic Management, Coventry University
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Lecturer in Law, Deakin University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Chair in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Technologies, University of Roehampton
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Assistant Professor of Business Technology, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami
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Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Honorary Research Professor, UMass Amherst
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Senior Lecturer in Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London
