Tag: Data Privacy

November 5, 2021

Consumer data is being widely spoken about in the fintech industry, especially as data personalization and transparency are significant to financial data ecosystems. As a fintech founder, I have been particularly fascinated by consumer retail trends appearing from transactional data […]

November 5, 2021

Three states in the U.S. have comprehensive data privacy laws. Nearly 20 states have had laws fail in legislative sessions. And another handful or so are currently trying, according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). What’s a marketer […]

October 25, 2021

The word “agile” is defined in one dictionary as “quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe.” During the last two years, however, the word has taken on an entirely different meaning for companies navigating the complexities of a pandemic. As the […]

October 14, 2021

On August 20, 2021, the People’s Republic of China passed its first comprehensive data privacy law, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). The law, set to take effect on November 1, 2021, includes several new obligations for companies handling personal […]

October 4, 2021

In 2013, the big data headline was the incredible statistic that 90% of all data in the history of the entire human race had been created in the previous two years. The amount of structured and unstructured data we’ve created […]

August 26, 2021

Your company has survived the Covid-19 lockdowns; administrative staff and employees who can work from home have got used to it and, in the main, really do not want to return to the office. Attendant with that, your company has […]

August 17, 2021

With the ever-increasing variety of tool stacks, managing data has become more complex. The tool-stack needs to be managed along with the data that is either stored or processed by them. As we manage this disparate data actively, self-service business […]

June 4, 2021

The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights recognizes privacy as one of the most basic rights that should be afforded to everyone. But the inherent openness of the internet and the ability of a person to access information from the other […]

May 4, 2021

According to reports from IDC and Seagate, data is expected to grow at an exponential rate in the coming years. Reports suggest that by the year 2025, there will be an increase of data by 175 zettabytes. This amount of […]

April 19, 2021

2020 presented some of the most unexpected challenges as the pandemic pushed many organizations to advance their digital transformation at an accelerated pace. With the guiding principle of “Own Your Privacy,” we celebrated Data Privacy Day in January, highlighting awareness, […]

April 13, 2021

It is ironic to witness the rate of cyberattacks, data breaches, and unauthorized use of personal data growing directly proportional to laws being established to regulate the collection, use, retention, disclosure, and disposal of personal information worldwide. With the growing […]

March 29, 2021

It has taken a global pandemic for organizations to finally realize that the old way of doing businesses – and the legacy technologies and processes that came with it – are no longer going to cut it. This is especially […]

March 12, 2021

Confidential computing, quantum safe cryptography, and fully homomorphic encryption are set to change the future of data privacy as they make their way from a hypothesis to viable commercial applications. On Thursday, IBM Research hosted an online program exploring each […]

February 3, 2021

The vast majority of consumers have a poor understanding of data privacy issues yet think they are proactive in protecting themselves, according to a survey of US and UK residents. More than 83% of 1,000 people surveyed said they were […]

December 11, 2020

Forty-eight percent of US consumers said they plan to shift to online shopping this holiday season, according to a recent McKinsey study on consumer behaviors amidst the ongoing pandemic. A trend toward contactless, digital-first experiences is further illustrated by 73% […]

December 1, 2020

Customers and employees today are increasingly concerned about their privacy, how their personal information is collected, who controls that data and how it will be used. The chief privacy officer, or CPO, plays a central role as an advocate for […]

November 25, 2020

Remember CCPA? Now give it an adrenaline shot. Californian consumers now have more personal data protection rights than ever before. The state this month passed Proposition 24, or the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which amends provisions and strengthens enforcement […]

November 11, 2020

The reported breach earlier this year of millions of records involving Oracle’s BlueKai web-tracking cookie and email-tracking technology raises the questions of the perils of working with data brokers for marketers. Marketers can use the tracking tech offered by platforms […]

November 5, 2020

Much discussion about the digital workplace in recent months has been about tools and platforms organizations should put in place to enable the millions of workers now obliged to work remotely. However, with so many people across the organization using […]

September 17, 2020

Personalization used to be something that was nice to offer your customers. Today, it’s an expectation. In the world of hyper-personalized experiences driven by tech giants like Amazon, Starbucks and Spotify, the personalization bar has been set high. Recent data […]