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Retailers Are Rapidly Scaling Surveillance of Australian Consumers — Why This Is a Red Flag

Tech Republic Security

Australian retailers are rolling out mass surveillance solutions to combat shoplifting, but a poor regulatory environment could mean high risks associated with data security and privacy.

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NHS to share UK Patient data with a notorious US Company

CyberSecurity Insiders

News is out that the data will be shared with a notorious US Software firm named Palantir, whose core business is to supply information to companies that are into the business of big data and offering surveillance tech to firms associated with Military, law enforcement, and border forces. .

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IoT and Cybersecurity: What’s the Future?

Security Affairs

IoT devices can spy on people, steal data, or bring down vast swathes of the internet, as happened in 2016 when Mirai malware infiltrated devices such as baby monitors and refrigerators and locked them into a botnet for the Dyn cyberattack. Big Data storage systems have weaknesses. And here’s another shocking fact.

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Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence (AI) – a view from the EU Rear Window, Part II

McAfee

There is a need to ensure the integrity of the data and algorithms on which the AI is based, including “product safety checks by market surveillance authorities and consumer protection rules that implement place, whit appropriate minimum safety standards.” Ultimately, AI may become the next big privacy trend.