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Facial Recognition and GDPR

Facial recognition is growing by leaps and bounds so what of privacy and data protection? Today we take a deeper look at facial recognition and GDPR. From surveillance to marketing; advances in technology has resulted in the commercialization—and some may even say normalization!—of facial recognition. Used by airports terminals, mobile phone makers and social media
September 13, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Smart Cities and Privacy

At its core, smart cities involve tons of data and an intelligent network of connected devices transmitting this data. This creates big privacy challenges and risks. Simply put, smart cities are described as a town, district or area which incorporates digital technology and data across all municipality functions in order to improve government services and
September 11, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Aphaia attends FOAN2019

8th International conference on Fiber Optics in Access Networks (FOAN2019) was held 2-4 September on Swissotel, Sarajevo. More than 60 talks were delivered by the most top professionals in the Telecoms field, including people from Industry, Academy, Government and Regulatory Agencies during FOAN2019. The event brought together attendees from all around the world, from southern and
September 6, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Voiceprinting Privacy

Voiceprinting is becoming a widespread identification and authentication tool for banks and even public authorities. Voiceprinting privacy concerns and GDPR compliance need to be discussed too. As technology advances and the world shifts more and more towards electronic and online platforms, new means of digitally identifying individuals are constantly being introduced. One such digital identification
September 4, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Sweden’s first GDPR fine

A School in Sweden has been charged by the Swedish DPA a fined of 200 000 SEK (approximately 20 000 euros) for using facial recognition technology to monitor the attendance of students in school. 22 students’ participation in class was captured by a camera using facial-recognition software. This trial was conducted to determine if it
August 28, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Fingerprinting and what it means for privacy?

This week we discuss device fingerprinting. Firstly though we want to know do you feel safe against online identifiers? Do you frequently delete cookies? It’s time to up your game and here’s why… what is fingerprinting? Beyond cookies or pixels, there are other techniques of identification and monitoring on the Internet. While it can be
August 23, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Apple to protect children’s privacy

Even though it could devastate their businesses, Apple has decided to change the rules it has for kids apps. Under the new rules, kids apps on Apple’s App Store will be banned from using external analytics software — invisible lines of code that collect extremely detailed information about who is using an app and how.
August 21, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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FACEBOOK LIKE BUTTON ECJ RULING

The Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU’s highest court, has ruled that an operator of a website that features a Facebook ‘like’ button can be a data controller jointly with Facebook. What happened? The EU Court of Justice weighed in on a dispute after an online fashion retailer was accused of violating
August 14, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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A fine of 180K euros for GDPR data breach imposed by CNIL

Active Insurances, has been fined by France’s data protection authority, the CNIL. The amount is 180,000 euros against Active Insurances, CNIL has said that “breached its obligation to secure personal data provided for by Article 32 of the [EU] General Data Protection Regulation.” A customer alerted the CNIL in 2018 that he was able to
July 31, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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ICO intents to fine Marriott more than £99 million for data breach

Following an extensive investigation, the ICO has issued a notice of its intention to fine Marriott International £99,200,396 for data breach under the GDPR. The U.S. hotel group is the second firm to face a massive GDPR fine. Marriott notified the ICO of a cyber incident in November 2018. A variety of personal data contained
July 26, 2019 Comments (0) Share