Data Privacy

Content Warning: This article discusses a news story involving suicidal thoughts. Please be mindful as you proceed. In a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience on Thursday, Harvard historian Rebecca Lemov discussed an experiment conducted by Facebook in 2012. What Happened: A 2012 Facebook...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reportedly been asked by the UK to create a backdoor for accessing encrypted data of its users worldwide. What Happened: According to a report by The Washington Post, security officials in the UK have demanded that Apple develop a backdoor to access all content uploaded...

Key federal lawmakers have introduced a comprehensive proposal that would grant consumers extensive control over their personal data, marking a major breakthrough in the long-standing battle for national online privacy protections. What Happened: The bipartisan proposal, named the...

During a panel at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority-Bank for International Settlements event, Singapore's central bank leader Ravi Menon, forecasted a decline in private cryptocurrencies that don't meet essential financial service standards. "Private digital coins have miserably failed...

Crypto industry leaders on Tuesday converged to shed light on the upcoming blockchain revolution, with Abhishek Saxena from Polygon Ventures and Kyle Langham from Dfinity illuminating how it's not just an emerging technology but a foundational element that will drive the next wave of...

As traditional financial systems grapple with the challenges of the modern era, David Tse, a professor at Stanford University and founder of Babylon Chain, has offered a compelling vision of the future, where Decentralized Finance (DeFi) matures to potentially revolutionize the traditional...

Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store is tightening its grip on developers to bolster user privacy and crack down on apps attempting to bypass privacy measures. The tech giant introduced the App Tracking Transparency feature with iOS 14 in 2020, which was heavily criticized by advertisers for...

Apple, in a shot heard around the world, ripped apart the accepted model of tech advertising when it enabled unprecedented consumer privacy features earlier this decade. Market values at companies that depend on consumer data, like Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), plummeted.  Some...

Discover how Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) instant messaging platform, WhatsApp’s Chat Lock feature, transforms your messaging privacy, offering the ultimate protection for online conversations on the platform.  What Happened: On Monday, WhatsApp...

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) recently announced a collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) — a global consulting firm — to develop enterprise-grade, reliable, customized and secure Generative AI solutions to help organizations optimize operations. Generative AI has...

This article was originally published on Askgrowers and appears here with permission. It's no secret that cannabis businesses have been looking into ways to get more information out of their customers in a way that's not just friendly and positive but also helpful. Some dispensaries...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin lauded Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest user security update as "a positive step." What Happened: As Apple rolled out its iOS 16.2, which adds end-to-end encryption for iCloud backups, including photographs and other data, Buterin...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former COO Sheryl Sandberg won't be deposed over the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data privacy case.  According to a report, Facebook has reached a settlement with the plaintiffs over the lawsuit.  A...

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), which credits itself for upholding the highest privacy standards with its devices, has released yet another commercial centered on the hot-button issue.  What Happened:  The 94-second ad "Privacy on iPhone" depicts an auctioneer...

Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) data center, operated by a local firm, has begun operations in the southwestern province of Guizhou, China, reported AppleInsider Thursday. What Happened: The data center will store consumer data of Apple’s Chinese customers, which according to local...