Balancing privacy and customer value will be more challenging

Third-party cookie depreciation is causing sources of data to disappear Sixty-per cent of marketing leaders believe collecting first-party customer data with an appropriate balance of customer value exchange and privacy will become more challenging in 2023, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. A Gartner survey of nearly 400 marketing…

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Growing tension between personalized experiences and personal privacy

B2B customers expect companies to be well informed about personal interactions. Seventy-one percent of B2C customers and 86 per cent of B2B customers expect companies to be well-informed about their personal information during a service interaction, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. A Gartner survey of more than 5,800…

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Human Rights Watch report children’s rights violations during online learning

Recent report showed authorized products may have surveilled and harvested personal data. Governments of 49 of the world’s most populous countries harmed children’s rights by endorsing online learning products during Covid-19 school closures without adequately protecting children’s privacy, Human Rights Watch said in a recently released report. The report, How…

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Innovation in surveillance technologies

North America (NA) will spend the largest amount on surveillance solutions. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global Surveillance Solutions Growth Opportunities, finds that the increasing adoption of advanced surveillance systems and technology innovations is accelerating market growth. Innovative features in surveillance technology such as new integration capabilities and analytics offerings are…

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Social media outage caused global disruption

Facebook disruption hurt Instagram and WhatsApp business users. Facebook has issued an apology for a global outage on the 4th of October 2021, that caused disruption to all the people and businesses around the world who depend on the social media site.  Santosh Janardhan VP Infrastructure at Facebook issued the statement offering apologies for “the…

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MAS want FIs to adopt data analytics appropriate to the business

By Loo Siew Yee assistant MD (Policy, Payments & Financial Crime) at MAS. Technology can be a powerful enabler in the fight against money laundering. The right solutions support financial institutions, and I will refer to them as FIs, to more sharply and quickly detect higher risk customers and activities,…

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NZ Privacy Commissioner concerned radio station reported on private information

Reporting of personal information from Waikato DHB breach. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is very concerned about RNZ’s reporting of personal information which was taken from documents leaked online following the Waikato District Health Boards’ cyberattack. “This reporting would appear to raise quite significant ethical questions, and I would be concerned…

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Securing identities core tenant of Indian organisations  

Investment in digital trust programs key over the next two years. Building digital trust across the ecosystem has become a defining indicator of a successful digital transformation journey. Enterprises are accelerating their investments in cybersecurity solutions on back of the increased threats during the pandemic. A significant number of breaches…

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Rapid rise of digital signatures

Asia-Pacific is projected to witness the fastest growth in the global certificate authority market. Due to the burgeoning requirement for smooth digital transaction management and user authentication, the demand for digital signatures is rising rapidly. The increasing acceptance of online transactions and payment procedures, and surging digitization rate are driving…

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