December 14, 2018
Deep Dive: Making Smarter Payments Safer
As data becomes more accessible, businesses and banks — as well as fraudsters — are looking to learn as much as possible about consumers. These developments have caused several markets...
December 09, 2018
Italy: Facebook fined €10M
Italy’s antitrust authority announced Friday, December 7, that it had handed Facebook two fines adding up to €10 million (US$11.4 million) for alleged breaches of the consumer code. The regulator...
December 03, 2018
From Friend’s Grandpa To Hip Elder Brother: Banks As Consumer...
Almost five years ago (on Dec. 19, 2013), Target was breached. Roughly 40 million consumer credit cards were hacked, and the public outcry of shock was massive. People could not...
December 02, 2018
Google CEO To Face Congress Over Data Privacy
Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive is preparing to testify before the U.S. Congress next week in what is expected to be a wide-ranging hearing with U.S. Senators. According to a...
November 28, 2018
Facebook Mulled Charging For User Data Access
Court documents have revealed that Facebook has considered charging companies for ongoing access to user data. The Wall Street Journal viewed internal emails that showed Facebook employees had discussed pushing some advertisers...
November 28, 2018
US: Sen.Blumenthal: Facebook, Google can’t police themselves
According to a report from Bloomberg, Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said at a hearing on oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on November 27 that big technology firms aren’t...
November 28, 2018
Facebook Could Face Coordinated Regulation By Nine Countries
Facebook could face coordinated regulation by nine countries after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg refused to be questioned by an international committee on fake news. According to a report in the Financial...
November 27, 2018
UK: Global politicians question Facebook over data collection
Politicians from around the world today said they are ‘deeply disappointed’ at Mark Zuckerberg and posted a picture of his empty chair on the internet when he refused to appear...
November 27, 2018
IBM CEO Latest To Pile Onto Big Tech
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is the latest tech executive to criticize web platforms, such as Facebook and Google, over their data collection practices. Rometty pointed to the “irresponsible handling of...