Technology has rapidly advanced in the past decade, an impossible feat without the use of large quantities of data. But businesses and consumers alike are now talking about who owns this data ” and what it's worth. Companies collect your data daily when you use your smartphone, jump on a hotspot, connect to your car's Bluetooth, operate your smart TV and more. Each new purchase … [Read more...] about Data Ownership Challenges and Controversies: 2019
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Why are Consumers So Willing to Give Up Their Personal Data?
Data privacy is a hot-button topic. Most people can agree that it's important to keep personal data private, but are you really doing much to keep your data safe? Consumers are fervent in their fight to protect their data, but they do little to keep it safe. It's known as the privacy paradox, and it may be hurting consumer efforts to keep their data out of third-party … [Read more...] about Why are Consumers So Willing to Give Up Their Personal Data?
Why Third-Party App Audit Should Be A Norm for Enterprises
Whenever the business world adopts a norm of the technical field, it must brace itself for the forthcoming of an inevitable wave of cyber-attacks. Hackers and fraudsters find new techniques and target such firms which embrace new and successful strategies to protect them from any vulnerability. It takes years of extensive research and months of complex coding to design a system … [Read more...] about Why Third-Party App Audit Should Be A Norm for Enterprises
What Kind of Sensitive Data You Can Unwillingly Transfer to the Internet
An IP address is the most common identifier on the Internet. Its value may vary in different situations, but as a rule, there is a popular approach to frighten young and inexperienced members of numerous Anonymous groups through claims about disclosing their IP addresses. Such options as proxy servers, VPN, Tor, I2P can help hide your IP address. Each tool has its pros and … [Read more...] about What Kind of Sensitive Data You Can Unwillingly Transfer to the Internet
ISPs Pose Big Threat to Business and Personal Private Data
The biggest ISPs like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they do not sell customers' private data to third parties, however, they do not promise not to collect it and not to use it for their own business purposes. Real problems begin when ISPs start creating platforms for displaying ads. Unlike a website which can track you (use cookies) only when you visit it, Internet service … [Read more...] about ISPs Pose Big Threat to Business and Personal Private Data