This is the third in a quick succession of funding that Orca Security received in the past 12 months.
Leak shows Facebook’s business model needs regulating, says MEP
The European Parliament’s lead and shadow rapporteur for a major reboot of the bloc’s digital rulebook have called for an investigation following the Facebook whistleblower leaks. One of the MEPs has also called for incoming EU rules to directly tackle business models that favor “disinformation and violence over factual content”. In a joint statement, the […]
Navigating data privacy legislation in a global society
Data privacy standards would establish a baseline of fairness that spans geographic borders and works for companies at any stage.
Sharing mobility data without compromising privacy
Innovative mobility options provide cities with opportunities to solve the last-mile transportation problem, and the data from these services has a range of uses, but there are valid privacy concerns.
UK class action-style suit filed over DeepMind NHS health data scandal
A U.K. law firm is bringing a class-action style claim over a patient health data scandal that dates back to 2015 and involves the Google-owned AI company DeepMind, after it was quietly passed medical information on more than a million patients by an NHS Trust as part of an app development project. Law firm Mishcon […]
‘There’s cameras everywhere’: testimonies detail far-reaching surveillance of Uyghurs in China
China’s surveillance machine has grown with the aid of Chinese and international technology companies. But few have faced repercussionsAbdusalam Muhammad recalls local police interrogating him and his family in their home of Yakan in China’s Xinjiang U…
The death of identity: Knowing your customer in the age of data privacy
Prioritizing individual profiles is far from the most effective way to understand and address customers’ intentions, needs and struggles. Brands don’t need to know who; they need to know what and why.
FTC Weighs New Online Privacy Rules
The Federal Trade Commission is considering strengthening online privacy protections, including for children, in an effort to bypass legislative logjams in Congress. WSJ: The rules under consideration could impose significant new obligations on busines…
国土交通省、小田急線車内傷害事件を受け対策方針。AI活用で不審者検知へ
国土交通省は24日、8月に発生した小田急線車内で発生した傷害事件を受けて鉄道事業者と意見交換を行い、今後の対策方針を発表した。それによると、係員や警備員による監視の強化のほか、車内や駅構内の防犯カメラの増設などの対応を行うとしている。防犯カメラの画像運用に関しては、不審者や不審物の検知機能の高度化を謳っており、AIを含む最新技術を活用する方針を示した（国土交通省[PDF]、共同通信）。
先日、JR東日本は重要犯罪の容疑者や挙動不審な人物などの顔を登録し照合していることが話題となった。しかし、その…
UK marketing-led group takes antitrust complaint against Google’s Privacy Sandbox to the EU
A coalition of digital marketing firms and others has taken its lobbying against Google’s plan to phase out tracking cookies — by replacing them with alternative technologies which the tech giant claims will protect user privacy — to the European Union, lodging a formal complaint with the bloc’s antitrust regulators. The self-styled “Movement for an […]