Privacy

ZARIOT Interview: Best Practices to Safeguard Your IoT Project

ZARIOT Interview: Best Practices to Safeguard Your IoT Project

As more processes become digitized, there are increasing opportunities for bad actors to cause harm. It’s important for individuals to recognize the importance of IoT security, both for their personal data and their company’s data. I’ve outlined some best practices to consider when developing IoT projects below, to help you keep both your own and […]

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Consumer Empowerment and PIMS Adoption

Consumer Empowerment and PIMS Adoption

I reveal the secrets of PIMS and the Personal Information Economy in my recent MEF Global Forum session. Encouraging organizations to consider incorporating a PIMS into their strategy as a critical next step. Below is the abstract of what I covered in my session, and if you unfortunately missed this prolific event you can watch […]

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Sneak Peak: MEF 9th Annual Consumer Trust Study

Sneak Peak: MEF 9th Annual Consumer Trust Study

    I started the MEF Global Forum along with Dario Betti, CEO of MEF, and Barbara Langer, Founder and Director of Insight Angels, to discuss the latest trends in mobile and privacy. Including a preview of the MEF Consumer Trust Study, which is in its 9th year, investigates consumer opinions at the intersection of […]

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Aligning the 3 Pillars of the Personal Data and Identity Marketplace

Aligning the 3 Pillars of the Personal Data and Identity Marketplace

Published by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum on September 29, 2022 For industry and society to function effectively, we need trust: “to have and maintain confidence in the honesty of another (an individual, system, service, or process) to meet their social, commercial and civic obligations.”. In the context of today’s digitally-driven society—with so many actors, systems, […]

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FTC’s Shot Across the Bow: Purpose and Use Restrictions Could Frame The Future of Personal Data Management

FTC’s Shot Across the Bow: Purpose and Use Restrictions Could Frame The Future of Personal Data Management

I just read a wonderful piece from Joseph Duball,1 who reported on the U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s keynote at the IAPP’s “Privacy. Security. Risk 2021” event. According to Duball, Slaughter suggests that we need to change “the way people view, prioritize, and conceptualize their data.” “Too many services are about leveraging consumer […]

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A call for New PD&I Exchange Models, The Trust Chain, and A Connected Individual Identity Scoring Scheme: An Interview with Virginie Debris of GMS

A call for New PD&I Exchange Models, The Trust Chain, and A Connected Individual Identity Scoring Scheme: An Interview with Virginie Debris of GMS

Art- A call for New Industry Data Exchange Models, The Trust Chain, and A Connected Individual Transaction And Identity Scoring Scheme: An Interview with Virginie Debris of GMS I recently sat down with Virginie Debris, the Chief Product Officer for Global Messaging Service (GMS) and Board Member of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, to talk about […]

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“Here’s a bandaid”​ – musings on the T-Mobile data breach and what we need to do next

“Here’s a bandaid”​ – musings on the T-Mobile data breach and what we need to do next

This week, T-Mobile acknowledges a new data breach that has affected 40M+ people, and as does every breach, the impact of this event will continue to affect them for years to come (Paz, 2021). To those impacted, T-mobile is offering a bandaid, a free McAfee Identity Protection license. Offering an identity protection monitoring service or similar bandaid […]

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A [Mobile] Marketing Authors’​ Top 3 Favorite Resources

A [Mobile] Marketing Authors’​ Top 3 Favorite Resources

To be a mobile marketer is to be a marketer. Mobile is table stakes to marketers, as evidenced by the ubiquitous adoption of mobile devices and services throughout the world in every aspect of our lives. As a marketer, it is important to remember that mobile is not used just for commercial activities; it is […]

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Geofencing Warrants

Geofencing Warrants

Today in Wired, I read about geofencing warrants. Geofence Warrants are a law enforcement practice. Law enforcement submits a request to tech companies, notably Google, Apple, Uber, Facebook, for a list of all the devices in, at, or near a location during a specific period of time. The objective of this practice is to identify people […]

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The Data Confidence Index, 2019: How confident people around the world are that they can protect their privacy

The Data Confidence Index, 2019: How confident people around the world are that they can protect their privacy

Back in 2019, the Datum Future and GlobalWebindex released a study, The Data Confidence Index. This study is as relevant today as when it was released. According to Catherine Mayer of Datum Future, with this study, they set out to explore the differences between people’s privacy attitudes and their privacy protection behaviors. The Data Confidence […]

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