Researchers from two universities in Europe have published a method they say is able to correctly re-identify 99.98% of individuals in anonymized data sets with just 15 demographic attributes. The suggestion is that no “anonymized” and released big data set can be considered safe from re-identification — not without strict access controls. “Our results suggest …
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“Warner’s proposal, introduced with Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), would require companies with more than 100 million monthly users to disclose the types of data they collect about each user and to assess its value. It also includes privacy rules similar to those passed last year in California, where you will soon be able to request …
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The revision of the payment services European legal framework operated by the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) deems to respond to the challenges set forth by the thriving innovation in the industry. Its aim is to allow Fintech companies and incumbent players (aka banks) to keep creating novel business models, while ensuring the enhancement of …
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As digital technologies facilitate the growth of both new and incumbent organisations, we have started to see the darker sides of the digital economy unravel. But what do young people who grew up with the internet think about this development? Our research with 400 digital natives – 19- to 24-year-olds – shows that this generation, …
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Under the GDPR’s article 83, fines are divided into two separate categories. The first, which merits a maximum 2% of global revenue, is associated with security violations. The second category merits a more severe fine at 4% of global revenue relate to limiting processing for personal data, gaining consent, and processing data lawfully: Article 15: …
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Following an open selection process, the Commission appointed 23 experts to an Expert Group on Business-to-Government Data Sharing. The Expert Group’s tasks shall be to: identify good practices on B2G data sharing in order to contribute to more efficient and better public service delivery and/or more reliable and evidence-based policymaking; assess the legal, economic and …
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Since approval of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016, it has been widely and repeatedly claimed that a ‘right to explanation’ of all decisions made by automated or artificially intelligent algorithmic systems will be legally mandated by the GDPR once it is in force, in 2018. However, there are several reasons …
A good condensed breakdown of the over all GDPR implications. Very useful first stop for the principles of the regulation.