privacy

Today in the Connected Economy: Discover Offers Customers New Privacy Tool
Today in the Connected Economy: Discover Offers Customers New Privacy Tool
April 20, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Discover gives its customers help getting their information off data collection websites, while Lyft offers to assist riders who need...

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Discover Launches Customer Data Privacy Tool
Discover Launches Customer Data Privacy Tool
April 20, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Discover has launched Online Privacy Protection, a free benefit for customers to help scrub their information from 10 popular websites that collect and sell user...

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TechREG Weekly: Big Tech Turns to Privacy to Mitigate Antitrust Woes 
TechREG Weekly: Big Tech Turns to Privacy to Mitigate Antitrust Woes 
April 15, 2022  |  Regulation

This was an active week for BigTech, particularly for Apple and Microsoft, both facing new antitrust problems in Europe. In addition, Apple’s CEO once again...

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Crypto’s Top Privacy Coin Is Spiking Wildly, and Sanctions Busters May Be the Culprits
Crypto’s Top Privacy Coin Is Spiking Wildly, and Sanctions Busters May Be the Culprits
April 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The biggest, most effective privacy coin was on a six-month slide until Feb. 24, when it began a steady climb, rising from around $235 to...

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FTC Chair Wants to Step up Privacy Protection With New Rules
FTC Chair Wants to Step up Privacy Protection With New Rules
April 12, 2022  |  Regulation

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan said on Monday (April 11) that it is time for the agency to “reassess” rules around what data...

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Study: 67% of US Websites Violate EU Data Protection Law
Study: 67% of US Websites Violate EU Data Protection Law
March 31, 2022  |  Europe

The European Union has passed several laws aimed at providing digital identity protection, among them the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect...

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FTC Rules by Enforcement in Privacy, but for How Long?
FTC Rules by Enforcement in Privacy, but for How Long?
March 29, 2022  |  Regulation

Even though states are enacting privacy and data laws across the country, the U.S. doesn’t have a federal privacy law. Yet, this lack of federal...

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As KYC Comes to Crypto, Mainstream Financial Services Have a Chance to Cut Exchanges Out
As KYC Comes to Crypto, Mainstream Financial Services Have a Chance to Cut Exchanges Out
March 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Top cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase told customers in Canada, Japan and Singapore sending crypto to another digital wallet or exchange to provide the name and address...

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CBDC Weekly: Executive Order Reignites CBDC Privacy Concerns; Canada Ramps up Tech; Qatar Looking Into CBDC
CBDC Weekly: Executive Order Reignites CBDC Privacy Concerns; Canada Ramps up Tech; Qatar Looking Into...
March 20, 2022  |  CBDC

With its prominent inclusion in President Joe Biden’s executive order on crypto, the topic of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) was back on...

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