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Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

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Android mobile devices from top vendors in China have pre-installed malware

Security Affairs

The smartphones analyzed by the r researchers were observed sending data to the device vendor and the Chinese mobile network operators (e.g., the SIM card is not present in the phone or if the SIM card used was provided by a different operator in China or in the UK). ” reads the paper published by the experts.

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GDPR One Year Anniversary: What We’ve Learned So Far

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

On May 25, the European Union celebrated the first anniversary of the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , the most important change in data privacy regulations in the last decade, designed to restructure the way in which personal data is handled across every sector (public or private) and every industry.

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White House unveils Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights

Malwarebytes

These principles focus on things that matter to Internet users: Protection from risky systems, protection from discrimination, data privacy, notice and explanation of AI use, and the option to opt out.

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Data Localisation – The Magic Bullet?

McAfee

They are effectively three degrees of a single concept: how data privacy impacts cross-border data flows. Data residency refers to the country where an organisation specifies that its data is stored, usually for regulatory or policy reasons. 8] Let’s take for instance the use of a VPN to protect privacy.

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Best Facial Recognition Software for Enterprises In 2022

eSecurity Planet

With all the gathered data on facial recognition technology, it indeed offers significant potential for the security aspects of enterprises. And the speed at which it produces search results takes only an impressive few seconds to present a match from a billion-face database. However, there are a few noteworthy concerns.

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Episode 185: Attacking COVID, Protecting Privacy

The Security Ledger

Consider mass digital surveillance of the kinds used in repressive countries like China and Russia. In more freedom-loving countries like the United States, calls for tools to battle COVID have been answered by firms like Google and Apple, which have stepped up to help manage contact tracing and other logistic challenges presented by COVID.