Tag: data protection
GDPR USA: Why tech industry now lobbying against consumer privacy
OPINION Chris Middleton explains why the IT industry's attempts to curry favour with the White House in order to water down data privacy rules...
California passes landmark data privacy act. GDPR for USA?
The citizens of Silicon Valley have won round one of a battle against Google and Facebook, as California introduces new state data privacy laws,...
Blockchain threatened by “irreconcilable” differences with GDPR
UPDATED. Malek Murison and Chris Middleton explore why blockchain plus GDPR replaces a storage box with a Pandora's Box of complexity and problems. Make...
Customers will punish firms that aren’t ready for GDPR: Capgemini
Eighty-five percent of firms in Europe and the US will not be completely ready for GDPR by the 25 May deadline, according to Capgemini....
GDPR: 70 percent of businesses dumping data, says IBM
Seventy percent of organisations are actively disposing of data in advance of GDPR, according to a new survey by IBM.
Their aim is to reduce...
10 steps to IoT GDPR compliance | Expert panel
GDPR poses complex challenges to IoT programmes and networks. Kate O'Flaherty presents Internet of Business' 10-point plan to protect your organisation – and, most...
GDPR: Consumers demand more data privacy from the IoT
Consumers want organisations to give them more control over their personal information as the Internet of Things (IoT) grows and connected devices harvest masses...
UK Information Commissioner launches new tech strategy
As the Internet of Things rises, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its first technology strategy. The document outlines an eight-point, four-year...
GDPR could have connected healthcare providers feeling queasy in 2018
Analyst firm Berg Insight warns of challenges facing makers of medical devices and apps with the May 2018 introduction of GDPR.
As 2017 draws to...
Consumers value IoT, but they don’t trust it, says Cisco
New research finds that fears over data privacy persist but aren't enough to get consumers to pull the plug on smart devices.
Cisco has announced...
Protect IoT data, not IoT devices, says Verizon
Securing IoT implementations may involve concentrating on protecting data rather than devices, according to Verizon.
In many cases, it makes more sense to prioritize IoT...
IoT device makers: Tackle security or face legal action
As governments start to contemplate legal responses to IoT security flaws, will the threat of a date with justice finally force manufacturers of connected...