Privacy for Profit

Using differential privacy to harness big data and preserve privacy

“..there’s a downside to big data, as it requires aggregating vast amounts of potentially sensitive personal information. Whether amassing medical records, scraping social media profiles, or tracking banking and credit card transactions, data scientists risk jeopardizing the privacy of the individuals whose records they collect. And once data is stored on a server, it may …

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Check your privacy privilege

” The overwhelming majority of web practicioners have no training, education, or guidance in online privacy. Other professionals assume web development is an organised profession with a defined career path like theirs. It is very, very difficult for highly intelligent people working in law and academia, for whom their careers meant three or four years …

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Have Your Privacy Policies Kept Up with Your Digital Transformation?

“Across industries, teams with expertise in real-world spaces are rushing into digital ones where they’re novices and pumping huge amounts of user data into new systems. These changes carry the risk that reams of personal data will be mismanaged and vulnerable to exposure. This situation raises two major challenges for many businesses: First, they need …

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Why the new privacy laws demand data-centric security

Regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) require companies to take a more data-centric approach to security. Instead of focusing simply on protecting data at different layers of the technology, enterprises need to pay attention to securing data through its entire lifecycle—from the moment it …

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5 Steps To Secure Your Customer Data

35% of U.S. households have had a data security problem in the last 12 months, including identity theft, data theft or a computer virus. Only 25% of consumers think companies handle their personal data responsibly. Just 10% of consumers believe they are in complete control over their personal data 69% of consumers believe companies are …

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The MyData Eco-system

This is a detailed and impressive post outlining the many different components required to create a data eco-system that genuinely enables individuals All of the components are listed out and described. Iain has been thinking about this for a long time, so this is a well considered architecture. The My Data Architecture by Iain Henderson …

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Using differential privacy to harness big data and preserve privacy

Check your privacy privilege

Why the new privacy laws demand data-centric security

5 Steps To Secure Your Customer Data

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