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Will Our Love-Hate Relationship With Social Media Ever Break?
Will Our Love-Hate Relationship With Social Media Ever Break?
April 05, 2019  |  Facebook

It’s the love-hate relationship that defines the digital age in the early 21st century: U.S. consumers and social media. Data breaches, marketing so targeted and...

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Facebook Devs Expose 540M User Records
Facebook Devs Expose 540M User Records
April 03, 2019  |  Facebook

Hundreds of millions of Facebook user records were exposed on cloud servers and publicly visible, according to reports. Security firm UpGuard posted about the news...

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Facebook Looks To Government For More Regulation
Facebook Looks To Government For More Regulation
April 02, 2019  |  Regulation

If you can’t beat em…join ‘em? Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg pushes for more government regulation of the internet – and cites GDPR as a model. Elsewhere,...

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Customer Data Startup Segment’s Value Balloons To $1.5B
Customer Data Startup Segment’s Value Balloons To $1.5B
April 02, 2019  |  Investments

Segment, a data collection startup that helps companies manage customer data, has raised $175 million in funding, according to a report by Bloomberg. Previous investors...

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Trust Cements Consumers To The Credit Union
Trust Cements Consumers To The Credit Union
March 29, 2019  |  Today In Data

To keep them coming back, get them to trust you – and work to keep that trust. That’s a wise maxim to follow in any...

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As Biometrics Advances, Laws And Regulations Try To Catch Up
As Biometrics Advances, Laws And Regulations Try To Catch Up
March 25, 2019  |  Legal

Biometrics are increasingly being relied upon to secure payments and commerce while making transactions more seamless for consumers, a trend that seems all but certain...

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Customer Awareness Is Key For PSD2 Adoption In The Netherlands
Customer Awareness Is Key For PSD2 Adoption In The Netherlands
March 25, 2019  |  Regulation

The implementation of PSD2 represents an opportunity for countries to overhaul their financial infrastructures, forcing them to upgrade older systems so businesses and FIs can...

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New IoT Security Bill Exposes Rising Data Protection, Safety Concerns
New IoT Security Bill Exposes Rising Data Protection, Safety Concerns
March 25, 2019  |  Intelligence of Things

Approximately 20 billion IoT-enabled devices will be connected by 2020. These items are fast, handle an increasingly large amount of personal and financial data and...

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Facebook Unencrypted User Password Problem Spanned Years
Facebook Unencrypted User Password Problem Spanned Years
March 21, 2019  |  Facebook

The passwords of between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users were stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees for years,...

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