Data privacy

Personal AI vs Private AI - we speak to the founder-CEOs of two contrasting start-ups This article is sponsored by:

One AI could be your unique personal agent online, and another could protect you from AIs that would do you harm. But how smart are these ideas?

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Europe’s mega Meta fine has implications for the entire enterprise tech sector - and that’s not good news This article is sponsored by:

EU data protection regulators have slapped a massive penalty on Meta that privacy activists have welcomed. But the knock-on impact on the rest of the transatlantic tech industry could be very damaging.

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Encrypted messaging services - including WhatsApp - write to UK government urging Online Safety Bill rethink This article is sponsored by:

WhatsApp, Signal and other encrypted messaging services continue to take aim at the UK government’s attempts to reduce privacy protections via its new Online Safety Bill.

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Cookiepocalypse - reinvent your first-party data strategy with data streaming This article is sponsored by:

That's the way the third-party cookie crumbles - Massimiliano Ciccone of Confluent addresses the challenges and possibilities of tracking and benefiting from the right data as the digital advertising industry undergoes a radical change in data privacy.

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Spooky! UK security services found guilty of data misuse. (So it’s not just the Americans!) This article is sponsored by:

The UK domestic security force has been found wanting when it comes to data surveillance and retention over an extended period of time - the sort of thing their US counterparts are more usually accused of.

Data sharing and how to do it - SAP and Williams Sonoma CEOs argue the case for how to leverage data without harm This article is sponsored by:

A wide-ranging debate around data sharing and collaboration brought up some interesting questions and observations.

British Government complacent about growth opportunity of creative industries and is ignoring digital impact This article is sponsored by:

Global exports of creative services exceeded $1 trillion in 2020. And yet the British Government seems worryingly quiet about fostering creative sectors in the UK. Not only this, but it seems ignorant to the changes occurring at the intersection of creative fields and digital technologies…

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Francis Crick Institute builds its own ‘Trusted Research Environment’ toolkit with Snowflake This article is sponsored by:

Europe’s largest biomedical research center, Francis Crick Institute, says use of Snowflake can turn a two-year build into 30 minutes

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Web scraping bad, information harvesting good? Why there's a need for new legal frameworks in a data economy This article is sponsored by:

At the moment, the wrong laws are being used for the wrong reasons to protect inappropriate attempts at 'ownership' of data. Discuss!

UK data protection - on the horns of many dilemmas This article is sponsored by:

Getting up to speed on the great data protection debate. Is the UK sailing ahead to a clear destination, or merely all at sea?

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How Janeiro Digital wants to ‘fix the Web’ - CEO and CTO interview This article is sponsored by:

Another company in the world of decentralized computing - Janeiro Digital - aims to bridge the gap from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0

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AI use in recruitment is growing – but users are ignoring big risks This article is sponsored by:

The latest report from a multinational law firm finds that few organizations are considering the risks of using AI to automate the recruitment process

Oracle has a vision for national and global healthcare databases to improve patient care This article is sponsored by:

Last week at Oracle CloudWorld, co-founder and CTO of Oracle, laid the foundations for the company’s healthcare vision. They’re ambitious, but can it overcome the hurdles?

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