“Trust” is a bedrock concept of human relationships and civilization — yet it is also flexible, able to change, and be changed, according to the specific needs of the moment. For the world of payments and commerce, that boils down to finding ways to earn the...
At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California’s similar law, Facebook’s ongoing costs and stock price plunge in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica...
Look at this way, even if it’s probably far too optimistic: The post-GDPR world is providing chances for companies to engage their customers a little bit more. Reports are surfacing that, since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect on May 25, customers...
Everyone’s always talking about online privacy, but this past week or so has brought a meaningful uptick in that ongoing discussion, including a debate that could shape privacy regulations throughout the United States. Such is life in the post-GDPR world. GDPR, of course, stands for...
August 27, 2018
“Trust” is a bedrock concept of human relationships and civilization — yet it is also flexible, able to change, and be changed, according to the specific needs of the moment. For the world of payments and commerce, that boils down to finding ways to earn the trust of consumers, which not only results in winning more […]
April 17, 2018
Dating app Bumble has changed its login system so that its 30 million-plus users can bypass Facebook. “Many of our users and prospective users asked for an alternative registration method,”...
April 12, 2018
Consumer Watchdog has called on Congress to enact legislation that would protect consumers’ online privacy in the wake of Facebook’s data scandal. “Facebook has a longtime record of violating privacy,...
September 15, 2017
Apple’s new FaceID technology embedded in the iPhone X may have elicited a lot of oohs and ahhs from the tech crowd, but at least one lawmaker is concerned about...
