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Amazon launches new technology which scans palms for identification and payment.

Amazon launches new technology in two of its physical stores, which allow for contact free identification and payment, by scanning an individual’s palm.   Amazon is on the verge of launching a new biometric payment system which scans an image of customers’ palms, according to this new BBC article. This new methodology is an attempt

Lincolnshire Police Trial CCTV: this technology can even detect moods!

Lincolnshire police trial CCTV technology which can detect moods, eyewear and headgear, but not  before a human rights and privacy assessment is carried out.   Lincolnshire police will soon debut their trial of CCTV cameras in Gainsborough. This is a new, more complicated and potentially controversial type of Surveillance technology. Although the funding for this

Twitter Data Case Dispute: European Union privacy regulators conflicted over how much, or whether—to fine, over last year’s data breach.

Twitter Data Case Dispute between European Union privacy regulators, causing delay in the progress of the most advanced cross-border privacy case involving a U.S. tech company under the GDPR. The Twitter data case dispute, disclosed in a statement from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, is one of the first major tests for enforcement of the GDPR.

Artificial Intelligence: From Ethics to Regulation

The study launched by the European Parliament last month builds on the AI-HLEG Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI and seeks to find alternatives that might help to move from AI ethics to regulation.  In our previous blogs and vlogs we have discussed the application of the Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI in several contexts and

Approximately Nine Million EasyJet Customers Hacked

EasyJet reveals that some nine million of its customers have been affected by a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack”    Nine million EasyJet customers have been hacked according to  a recent BBC news article. In January this year EasyJet became aware of a cyber attack which had affected millions of its customers and  is now, based on

GDPR Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience

We discussed GDPR cyber security aspects with Richard Preece, co-author of Managing Cybersecurity Risk – How Directors and Corporate Officers can protect their businesses, and Jean-Christophe Gaillard, a senior executive and team builder with a track-record at driving fundamental change in the security field across global organisations.

SharpEnd Agency , leaders in IoT adoption by top brands

Cameron Worth, SharpEnd Agency’s founder, talks to Aphaia’s Vasiliki Antoniadou about the Internet of Things (IoT), shedding light on brand and consumer benefits, privacy concerns, and future developments in the area.

Monthly Round Up: August 2013

Facebook reveals requests for information about its users, while Gmail offers no privacy according to Google and online gaming can now get you a job. And don’t forget to protect your house lights from those pesky hackers!

Britain to set up default ‘family friendly’ filters for all broadband users

The United Kingdom will see most of its households have pornography blocked by their internet service provider, it has been announced. The filters will be set up automatically for both existing and new customers.

Monthly Round Up: February 2013

€50 million in EU grants for 5G mobile technology, World Radio Day, European 112 Day, new EU cybersecurity strategy, sustainable ice cream and much more in the news this February.