Apple addressed consumer concerns over non-apple employees gaining access and listening to Siri recordings in a statement released on Thursday, 28 August 2019. In the statement, the technology company says it only uses Siri data to improve Siri –...
Social media giant, Facebook, has agreed to pay a record $5 billion fine — the biggest fine ever imposed over users’ privacy. The settlement announced on Wednesday, 24 July 2019, is said to resolve the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) investigation...
Fears surrounding protecting digital privacy have made consumers more anxious about the use and distribution of their personal information on the Internet. And a recent report by Kaspersky Lab called ‘The true value of digital privacy: are consumers selling...
Vodacom Business announced that it has partnered with BlackFog in order to provide cybersecurity and privacy solutions it’s more than 43 million Vodacom customers. With 2017 research reporting that over 95 per cent of African businesses are operating...
November 19, 2018 •
Security •
Fundi Maseko •
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Data privacy and security is a major focus for businesses, particularly with the imminent rollout of the Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act in South Africa (SA) and the recent implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the...
November 17, 2018 •
Security •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on GDPR: Data privacy and the increasing cost of security
Take, for example, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on May 25, 2018. Its aim is to protect European citizens’ personal information by simplifying the regulatory environment and bringing...
In the cloud-first, mobile-first era, companies in every industry around the globe are using cloud computing to power their transformation into digital businesses. Organisations are turning to the cloud due to the business benefits that the technology unlocks...
