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Emergency Surveillance During COVID-19 Crisis

Schneier on Security

With that in mind, the EFF has some good thinking on how to balance public safety with civil liberties: Thus, any data collection and digital monitoring of potential carriers of COVID-19 should take into consideration and commit to these principles: Privacy intrusions must be necessary and proportionate. Transparency. Due Process.

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The Role of Differential Privacy in Protecting Sensitive Information in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Security Affairs

This article uses differential privacy in healthcare, finance, and government data analytics to explore the mathematical foundation, implementation strategies, and real-world applications of differential privacy. According to Erlingsson (2014), Google’s RAPPOR system collects user data while maintaining anonymity.

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GUEST ESSAY: California pioneers privacy law at state level; VA, VT, CO, NJ take steps to follow

The Last Watchdog

These regulations have certainly contributed to the movement towards consumerism and prompted businesses in the United States to rethink data collection and management, considering how violating these regulations could adversely affect their business and brand. For many, the answer is yes. If the U.S.

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Supply Chain Security 101: An Expert’s View

Krebs on Security

Tony Sager (TS): The federal government has been worrying about this kind of problem for decades. In the 70s and 80s, the government was more dominant in the technology industry and didn’t have this massive internationalization of the technology supply chain. It’s too easy to hide. It’s a hard problem category.

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How to prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

For example, data collected by an entity may not be associated with an individual but could identify a household. Under the CCPA publicly available information is defined as “lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records, if any conditions associated with such information.”. Where is a CISO to begin?

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Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Vendors’ attention is increasingly fragmented across various data-collecting and transactional platforms. As if things were not difficult enough, data collection in more states and countries is becoming stricter, with increased consumer protection laws leaving retailers applying tighter data privacy to their digital platforms.

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Top Threat Intelligence Platforms for 2021

eSecurity Planet

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions is an open source-based threat intelligence platform that delivers unified threat protection against sophisticated cyberattacks to global enterprises and government agencies by operationalizing threat intelligence. It’s augmented by a worldwide team of security analysts who enrich the data feeds.