2020-5-27 21:31 |
In the smart home era, we need to take privacy protection into our own hands, says the co-founder of IoTeX. Privacy laws won't help us.
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Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious.
2020-3-20 18:45 | |
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Privacy eccentric browser, Brave, filed a formal GDPR complaint to European authorities on Google’s violation of the Act and its own privacy policies. Ireland, the headquarters of the European data privacy regulators, U.
2020-3-18 22:36 | |
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Sometimes the very laws meant to enforce privacy can result in companies sharing it.
2020-2-18 16:15 | |
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Anonymity in crypto faces extinction after new EU law: “Only true privacy coins like Monero might stand the test of time and resist de-anonymization”
2020-1-18 05:02 | |
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One of the biggest privacy issues in today’s society revolves around the use of overreaching know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) laws. Despite the fact that many cryptocurrencies were designed to avoid these invasive practices, KYC and AML guidelines bolstered by political parasites and their followers have perverted the original crypto-anarchist ideologies espoused by the […] The post Ridiculous Crypto Regulations Are an Enemy of Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-11-8 00:55 | |
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When a company makes headlines for mismanaging user data, much of the discussion will revolve around legal implications: whether or not the company’s privacy policy and terms of service cover the data usage in question.
2019-10-15 14:00 | |
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Wyoming Blockchain Coalition president Caitlin Long says two new laws will further protect blockchain developers as well as privacy of wallet keys
2019-9-30 12:54 | |
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French President, Emmanuel Macron, has started turning up the heat before this weekend’s G7 summit. At a press meeting yesterday, Macron stuck to France’s policy of upping taxes on big tech, calling the system which provides companies with a “permanent tax haven status” simply “crazy,” The Local reports.
2019-8-22 12:10 | |
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The Economic Times reports that India is gearing up to seek ‘adequacy’ status with the European Union‘s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a set of privacy laws adopted by the region in 2016 and enforced from last year.
2019-7-30 09:57 | |
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A US federal judge has rejected AT&T‘s request to dismiss a $224 million lawsuit over a devastating SIM-swapping incident that led to $24 million in stolen cryptocurrency. A press release confirms the communications giant will face court over allegations it violated the Federal Communications Act, a consumer contract, as well as several other laws, when hackers assumed the identity (and telephone account) of cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin in 2017.
2019-7-23 13:05 | |
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An effort to change extradition laws in Hong Kong has sparked protests – and questions about digital privacy and the right to transact, writes Mike Casey.
2019-6-17 11:00 | |
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An effort to change extradition laws in Hong Kong has sparked protests – and questions about digital privacy and the right to transact.
2019-6-18 11:00 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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The regulatory and legal environment around internet-based services and applications has changed considerably over the last decade. When large-scale social networking platforms first became popular in the 2000s, the general attitude toward mass data collection was essentially “why not?”.
2019-5-11 04:03 | |
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In a move that is sure to be celebrated by those who value digital privacy, Utah has banned warrantless searches of electronic data. This now means that the state has the strongest digital privacy laws in the nation.
2019-4-22 13:00 | |
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Block. one Wants To Eliminate Passwords, Believes Better Authentication Is Possible The Cayman Islands is well known around the world for two things. It's a well known financial center, and along with that, it's a well-known place for money laundering.
2019-4-18 19:22 | |
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Pakistan yesterday inaugurated it's new Electronic Money Institutions regulatory framework. They had been working with the FATF intimately before that to make a robust framework. The FATF has been busy pushing the same regulations around the world, with Pakistan only being the latest example.
2019-4-3 01:40 | |
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CipherTrace, a blockchain analytics company, is partnering with the Republic of Malta’s sole financial regulatory agency to ensure that all crypto transactions within the country are free of money laundering and other similar financial crimes.
2019-3-14 00:14 | |
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today revealed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) allegedly circumvented state laws and federal privacy guidelines when it purchased access to a commercial database for the purpose of conducting mass surveillance.
2019-3-13 20:56 | |
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You may remember when new privacy laws were passed in the European Union (EU) recently and almost all the sites you visited warned you that they changed their policies, right? Well, unfortunately, the public blockchains are yet to be fully adequate to this new legislation, according to Sam Palmisano, the retired chairman of IBM. Palmisano, […]
2019-3-6 01:18 | |
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Retired IBM chairman Sam Palmisano says he doesn’t know of a solution that has been found to make public blockchain networks compatible with European data privacy laws
2019-3-5 12:41 | |
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From the Drudge Report to The New York Times, sex robots are rapidly becoming a part of the national conversation about the future of sex and relationships. Behind the headlines, a number of companies are currently developing robots designed to provide humans with companionship and sexual pleasure – with a few already on the market.
2019-2-19 11:35 | |
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Lawmakers in the UK have released a damning report on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, calling them “digital gangsters. ” The report refers to Facebook’s deliberate violation of privacy laws and its role in spreading “fake news” and disinformation.
2019-2-18 21:22 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-9 23:59 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-12 23:59 | |
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I hate New Year. I don’t do resolutions and am generally “bah, humbug” about the whole hullabaloo. This year, my curmudgeonly attitude was dramatically amplified by social media in general, and Facebook in particular.
2019-1-2 16:59 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency has published its draft report outlining new cryptocurrency regulations. The report contains measures in areas that are not currently addressed in existing laws such as hacking incidents, self-regulation, deemed dealers, privacy coins, and margin trading.
2018-12-17 09:50 | |
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Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is launching Zcash (ZEC) trading on its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro. The announcement made via Coinbase’s blog page states that inbound transfers of the currency will begin at 10 p.
2018-11-30 02:08 | |
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The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) just announced itcealed the 2016 breach for over a year, in which hackers gained access to personal data of 57 million people worldwide, such as names, email addresses, and telephone numbers.
2018-11-27 13:16 | |
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Apple‘s CEO, Tim Cook, just endorsed EU‘s push for stricter privacy regulation and defining privacy as a fundamental right, during his keynote address at a privacy conference in Brussels today — too bad corporate taxes weren’t part of the discussion.
2018-10-24 14:41 | |
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Even though transacting over blockchain platforms is legal, fresh efforts by Chinese regulators and agencies to further bog down privacy is of great concern. Proposals by the Cyberspace Administration of China may be conflicting with laws.
2018-10-23 05:15 | |
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In addition to offering blockchain ventures advice on data protection compliance, the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum has appealed again to EU authorities to resolve the existing tension between privacy protection laws and DLT.
2018-10-17 13:50 | |
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Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States.
2018-10-4 20:51 | |
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Basic Attention Token, the native token to the Brave project and the token designed to fully incentivise the consumption of fair advertising. According to reports, the CEO of Brave, Brendan Eich has written to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in order to address some of the concerns he has regarding the current privacy laws in the United States.
2018-10-2 16:00 | |
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Facebook’s data breach from last week – which impacted more than 50 million users – might cost the company a pretty penny. If the European Union’s (EU) watchdog finds that the company violated privacy laws, it could face a massive fine of $1.
2018-10-2 13:00 | |
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ODDS is a global, decentralized and trustless gambling ecosystem. Our core focus is providing an ecosystem that recognises, engages with and facilitates regulation and global gambling laws. In addition, we seek to raise standards across the industry and improve upon existing regulation.
2018-9-25 20:03 | |
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In a what appears to be a seismic shift in company ethos, digital assets platform ShapeShift has launched a new loyalty program called "ShapeShift Membership" which will require the exchange users to provide "basic personal details," according to a blog post published September 4, 2018.
2018-9-6 21:20 | |
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Not so long ago, Mark Zuckerberg was summoned by Congress to explain the role Facebook played in the Russian interference of the 2016 US elections. The post Social Platforms Are Getting an Update Thanks to New Data Privacy Laws appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-7-12 14:00 | |
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In May 2018, TokenPay Swiss AG joined with WEG Bank in Germany. The former attained a 9. 9 percent stake in the bank, along with the option to purchase as much as 90 percent, pending regulatory approval.
2018-7-11 01:20 | |
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The US Secret Service is worried about the illicit use of cryptocurrencies. A high-ranking official of the agency has urged Congress to consider additional legislation to address anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies and services intended to obscure transactions on blockchains such as tumblers or mixers.
2018-6-23 19:50 | |
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Decentralized systems such as Blockchain are already disrupting many industries and the sex work industry won’t be an exception. The sex work industry is notoriously dominated by shady ventures and often overlooked by digital innovators.
2018-6-13 18:00 | |
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US Senate's vote to revoke SEC's crypto rule now hinges on Biden's veto, with potential major implications for the crypto sector. The post What happens if Biden vetoes Senate bid to cancel SEC’s crypto rule? appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
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The principle of an open internet underpinned the growth of the early Web and is just as necessary now. If only the SEC could back innovation in a similar way, says Sarah Aberg, General Counsel at Nova Labs, the company behind Helium Mobile.
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