2019-8-6 20:49 |
The U.K.’s data protection watchdog is seeking details on user data protection protocols within Facebook’s Libra project
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Worldcoin Foundation unveils a new Secure Multi-Party Computation system aimed at redefining biometric data protection, ensuring compliance with global data protection laws. The post Worldcoin’s New Biometric Data Security System Promises Enhanced Protection appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2024-5-16 16:35 | |
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Just when we thought Facebook’s Libra couldn’t be subject to any more scrutiny, it turns out that data protection bosses from all over the world have banded together to share concerns about the ‘cryptocurrency’s’ potential privacy risks.
2019-8-6 14:49 | |
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Data protection chiefs from across the globe have united to express concerns over the privacy risks posed by Facebook's cryptocurrency project.
2019-8-6 12:41 | |
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The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data protection watchdog, has sent a statement to Facebook and 28 other companies behind the Libra project asking for details on how customers’ personal data will be processed in line with data protection laws.
2019-8-6 01:35 | |
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The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office has recently decided to request that the Libra Association should provide more details on how the group will protect the data that will be gathered by the users of the upcoming Facebook Libra stablecoin.
2019-8-6 23:04 | |
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Google has just announced several updates to its enterprise cloud platform with an aim to improve users, data, and app security. The new enhancements were unveiled at Google Cloud Next ’19 conference in Tokyo this week.
2019-8-1 10:31 | |
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Since its inception, Facebook’s foray into crypto has been under fire from all sides. The reaction to Libra was unsurprising really given the social media giant’s poor track record when it comes to data protection and security.
2019-7-30 11:25 | |
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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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The Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) said it is still waiting to hear from Facebook regarding its supposed oversight of Libra, the social media giant's proposed cryptocurrency.
2019-7-25 23:09 | |
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After announcing that the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) would assist in overseeing the Libra Association, the FDPIC stated Facebook hadn't contacted the agency regarding any details related to the association or the Libra project.
2019-7-24 19:04 | |
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The Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) is still awaiting additional requested information from Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Libra reports Reuters, July 23, 2019. This Time, It’s The Swiss Libra is Facebook’s endeavor into the cryptocurrency industry, which it announced just over a month ago, has been subject to mountains of scrutiny and debate,Read MoreRead More.
2019-7-24 13:00 | |
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After initial reports that the CFTC had begun to investigate BitMex under customer protection rules, the latest data from TokenAnalyst suggests that this has been sufficient to scare users into removing their bitcoin (BTC) from the platform, July 20, 2019.
2019-7-20 15:01 | |
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First scalable decentralized social security network Project Introduction Asure Network is a layer 2 scaling network that enables fast, easy and secure transactions for not only payment transactions, but also generalized smart contract.
2019-7-18 11:03 | |
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During the Libra Senate hearing on Tuesday, Libra project lead David Marcus explained that the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) would oversee data and privacy protections for the Libra Association.
2019-7-17 18:48 | |
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Facebook has been grilled today at a Senate Banking Committee hearing over its cryptocurrency project Libra. As part of the hearing, a representative for the social media giant claims the firm has been in contact with a Swiss agency to oversea data protection and user privacy.
2019-7-17 02:00 | |
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The vehicle industry is slowly adopting blockchain technology as more partnership crop in between the two industries. The latest partnership announced on Friday, July 5th, 2019 introduces the used car industry player sgCarMart to data protection and verification through a partnership with Ocean Protocol, a data exchange protocol built on a blockchain. Singapore reports 9,000 […]
2019-7-8 21:08 | |
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In today’s world, the privacy of data is paramount, causing people to demand protection of their data on social media sites, for example. But there is a far more critical sector that is not undergoing the same scrutiny when it comes to data and information – the health sector.
2019-6-27 18:57 | |
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials on Monday said that one of its subcontractors had been breached in a “malicious cyberattack,” exposing images of travelers coming in and out of the country.
2019-6-11 09:29 | |
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In the latest development over its security breach, cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U. S. The New Zealand-based exchange, which has been dealing with the fallout of a January 2019 hack, went into liquidation and stopped all trading earlier this month.
2019-5-28 17:47 | |
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The Cryptopia liquidation process could soon gain formal U.S. recognition after Grant Thornton filed for urgent interim relief
2019-5-27 13:14 | |
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Cryptopia has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. seeking to preserve vital user data held on servers in Arizona
2019-5-27 13:00 | |
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One of the most common criticisms leveled against Bitcoin is that it is slow, at least compared to newer imitations. But its level of decentralization means just 6 transaction confirmations provide complete protection against double spending.
2019-5-12 13:00 | |
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The forward-thinking team at Invictus Capital who launched the world’s first crypto index fund, CRYPTO20, have pioneered a new cutting-edge fund, CRYPTO10 Hedged (C10). The fund is powered by data science, tracks the top 10 cryptoassets and provides investors with long-term capital growth potential and superior risk-adjusted returns relative to pure crypto exposure.
2019-5-8 22:09 | |
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Shadow IT is an issue that just about every organization faces on some level, but when I speak to executives and IT leaders, it’s simply not a topic that comes up. When I do bring it up, it quickly becomes clear that the tech industry as a whole underestimates the size and scope of the issue.
2019-4-26 23:04 | |
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A South Korean agency charged to buy military equipment, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has recently announced the launch of a new blockchain pilot project which has the goal of improving the business operations of the country’s defense sector.
2019-4-11 02:19 | |
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Flip that board that says “It’s been _ days since we found a massive pile of unsecured Facebook data” right back to zero, and get ready to reset your passwords again just to be safe. Security researchers discovered hundreds of millions of records on publicly-accessible Amazon cloud servers — including names, passwords, comments, likes, and all the other stuff we should all just assume has already leaked at some point.
2019-4-4 00:23 | |
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AhrvoDEEX is a peer-to-peer decentralized equity exchange that enables profitable trading by using multifactor ranking systems and deep learning algorithms that create smart equity scores and price targets to streamline the decision-making process.
2019-3-28 21:33 | |
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Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has partnered with ‘RegTech’ firm IdentityMind to streamline its custodial and security operations. IdentityMind, a Software as a Service (SaaS) company focused on security and regulatory compliance, will now work to help improve data protection and identity verification for the exchange.
2019-3-26 19:41 | |
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After a year on its testnet, the VeriBlock blockchain went live yesterday on the Bitcoin mainnet, allowing exchanges, wallet providers, merchants and other crypto businesses to leverage Bitcoin’s robust blockchain security.
2019-3-27 19:35 | |
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CryptoNinjas IdentityMind, a risk management and RegTech compliance platform with Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) services, announced today its partnership with Binance, the popular cryptocurrency exchange.
2019-3-27 19:00 | |
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Dayta is an exciting new personal data service. Customers will be able to exchange access to their personal data for money, monitor businesses that hold their data and pick and choose which companies have that access.
2019-3-23 13:25 | |
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Dayta is an online platform that seeks to solve the various data protection, privacy, and concern issues while providing all its users with the ability to protect their data and profit from personal information blockchain.
2019-3-20 07:12 | |
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DataBloc is the first enterprise grade sharing economy for data storage and services. The DataBloc platform is a web platform that seamlessly and securely connects service providers and enterprise customers.
2019-3-17 18:03 | |
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The Tokyo District Court has found Mark Karpeles, the former head of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange platform Mt. Gox, guilty of record tampering but innocent on other charges related to embezzlement and breach of trust.
2019-3-16 22:01 | |
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On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, the conference welcomed more than just Bitcoin voices from every corner of the industry.
2019-3-15 01:08 | |
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The Dutch Data Protection Authority just released its GDPR fining policy, being the first country to do so. GDPR allows for a maximum fine of 4 percent of global revenue or ˆ20 million, whichever is higher, but little has been said about how to determine the exact fine amount and what the scale is.
2019-3-14 18:35 | |
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The main design goal of QCoin and Quantum1Net is to create a digital financial system that uses networking as an underlying value, just like the internet works in the sense that everyday internet networking creates value for ISPs, Online Merchants and others.
2019-3-13 19:34 | |
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From concerns about data sharing to the hosting of harmful content, every week seems to bring more clamour for new laws to regulate the technology giants and make the internet “safer”. But what if our existing data protection laws, at least in Europe, could achieve most of the job? Germany has already started introducing new legislation, enacting a law in 2018 that forces social media firms to remove hateful content.
2019-3-12 18:58 | |
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As QuadrigaCX’s legal counsel descends on the courtroom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for another round of legal proceedings, the court monitor’s third report on QuadrigaCX’s finances — specifically its revelation that the exchange’s cold wallets are empty — lays out some hopeful avenues for fund recovery — and some frustrating dead ends.
2019-3-5 20:20 | |
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Zcash, one of the first privacy coin to leverage zero-knowledge proofs, is further cementing its vision of privacy-protection by engineering its blockchain in a way that is GDPR compliant by “default.
2019-2-24 06:02 | |
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Zcash, one of the first privacy coin to leverage zero-knowledge proofs, is further cementing its vision of privacy-protection by engineering its blockchain in a way that is GDPR compliant by “default.
2019-2-24 06:02 | |
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BitWings token, a native currency of Wings Mobile ecosystem, has 100% guaranteed issuing value and is the only means to pre-order the first (40 000) ultra-secure blockchain smartphones in the world able to generate up to 2 ETH a month without any power consumption, powered with neural technology.
2019-2-21 20:03 | |
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Persona, a blockchain-powered trust protocol, announced today the beta launch of its KYC verification platform. Persona’s blockchain-based platform that streamlines the process of identity management, aligning it with the latest data protection regulations.
2019-2-15 00:35 | |
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What Is NFC Wallet Card? NFC Wallet Card is a digital, innovative way to protect secret information. The card offers a very secure, offline data storage for sensitive secret codes. Designed for secure, cold storage for cryptocurrencies, the card also stores passwords, sensitive data, and any other secret text code that users would like to protect. […]
2019-2-12 15:17 | |
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As blockchain technology continues to widen in adoption, industries all over the world are beginning to integrate distributed ledger systems into their business operations to create more transparency and efficiency.
2019-2-12 21:00 | |
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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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On February 4, 2019, blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the development of a “proof of reserves” tool to standardize the authenticity of exchanges’ crypto reserves.
2019-2-7 01:01 | |
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The Dayta vision is to solve multiple data protection, consent and privacy issues all at once. The team has designed a roadmap to build a secure, easy-to-use and robust personal information Dapp and exchange mechanism within an integrated, digital ecosystem.
2019-2-5 22:54 | |
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HyperLiquid, the recently launched layer-1 blockchain and decentralized exchange, could outpace rivals in terms of fee generation in the next year, Syncracy Capital co-founder Ryan Watkins says. The DEX platform for perpetual futures has, in the past few days, attracted…
The National Bank of Cambodia has given commercial banks and payment firms permission to provide crypto-related services, but not for Bitcoin and other unbacked tokens. According to the Phnom Penh Post, the NBC formally declared the decision to allow banks…
In 2024, Latin America has shown surprising growth in the cryptocurrency sector. Colombia, for example, has risen to fifth place in the region of cryptocurrency adoption. However, the region’s diverse legal frameworks have created “grey areas” in the regulation and operation of cryptocurrencies throughout Latin America.
The blockchain developer ecosystem is shifting: fewer developers are entering the space, and experienced developers are dominating the work, Electric Capital’s research report shows. Blockchain developers are key to the crypto industry.
Industry leaders Ivan Soto-Wright, CEO of MoonPay, and Nancy Beaton of Uphold highlight stablecoins as a transformative 'killer use case' for the crypto industry.
Hong Kong presents a stablecoin bill to solidify its digital asset regulatory framework. At a legislative council meeting on Dec. 18, Christopher Hui, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, presented a stablecoin bill in its second reading.…
BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure platform founded in 2021, has announced it raised $50 million in its Series B funding round. The platform plans to use the funding to drive the next phase of its business growth, it said in a…