Actuaries were the first data scientists. Pooled risk calculations, in the form of insurance underwriting, involved consumers implicitly consenting to their personal data being used – in return, the reduction of premium costs. Data in exchange for money. As technology advances, the data streams we are able to offer, or rather the insurers feel they …
There is a large ecosystem of four key players that is trading our data and our attention for revenues, at least in the West. As Apple vies for the position of trusted service and hardware provider, Google is ring-fencing the cookie game into its own proprietary stack. IMHO Facebook has screwed its customers and hopefully …
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It is inevitable that Artificial Intelligence gets embedded into pretty much every machine and system we interact with. The benefits of systems that use every bit of available data and that learn from experience are as significant as electrically powered devices were in the last century. Yet the impacts and risks of A.I. on individuals …
I like this post because it does a couple of things: Firstly it shows how the ‘data mindset’ works, how a good analyst just looks at data from completely different angles to the average person. Secondly what WhatsApp can do with the trail of data you leave behind. Yet, I am less keen because the …
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According to survey results shared exclusively with Axios, Americans broadly want more control over what happens with their personal information and think that existing tools seem outdated and should be easier to use. But when you look a little deeper, you find that the polls are commissioned by companies selling privacy tools. The real behaviors …
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This is not a new post, dating from 2017, but it is worth listing here because of its increasing relevance in our leaky digital world and consumers’ unending quest for pleasure and benefits. “Known as the privacy paradox, it is a documented fact that users have a tendency towards privacy-compromising behavior online which eventually results …
Apple’s recent announcement that iOS14 would issue a real and honest consent warning when you download a new mobile app. Would you say “yes” to allowing an app or brand permission to “track you across apps and websites owned by other companies?” Neither will 99% of consumers. This is actually a genius move by Apple. …
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This is a very good article by Michael Corn Chief Information Security Officer at the University of California, San Diego. He runs through the most pertinent issues regarding privacy and the urgent need to address the issues of how personal data is being used without transparency, true governance or how without giving us an iota …
“I decided the following month that I needed to do something different with my life,” Mr. Ramaswamy said in a recent interview. “I came to realize that an ad-supported model had limitations.” Nearly two years after he left Google, he is testing his newfound conviction by mounting a challenge against his former employer. His new …
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