2022-8-30 20:16 |
A code-first approach to consumer privacy could be bolstered by legislative initiatives.
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European Central Bank (ECB) executive, Fabio Panetta has argued that the creation of a digital euro would help the apex bank protect its monetary sovereignty against threats from competing cryptocurrencies, while also offering users better privacy protection, according to a Financial Times report on June 21, 2021.
2021-6-22 15:00 | |
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In the US, there is always a proposal on the table to erode consumer privacy in one way or another. A new amendment to the 2001 Patriot Act can have very dire consequences indeed. It is expected that the 2001 Patriot Act will be renewed by the US Senate later today.
2020-5-16 05:00 | |
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There are tangible safety implications to consumer privacy violations, says Lindsey Barrett of Georgetown Law.
2020-2-16 14:30 | |
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Mass surveillance can come in many different ways. Few people would expect balloons in the stratosphere to post a massive threat to consumer privacy. The concept of launching balloons into the stratosphere is not novel by any means.
2019-12-23 07:00 | |
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U.S. Congressional Fintech Task Force questions industry experts on consumer data privacy in financial services
2019-11-24 20:17 | |
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In our deeply connected society, we are witnessing attacks on individual privacy on a daily basis. It seems like achieving true privacy might require a return to old tech, a rejection of social network connections, and at the extreme, a move toward living off-the-grid entirely.
2019-10-16 18:22 | |
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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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Coinspeaker Bankers Raise a Warning That Facebook’s Libra Will Create Shadow Banking SystemThe bankers have explicitly stated that Facebook's Libra will pose huge threat to the consumer demand for deposit accounts, payment volumes, and business models built on privacy.
2019-10-2 13:30 | |
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Murky policies, tricky wordings, and sneaky assumptions about consent… these are just a few of the shifty tactics being used by companies to learn all about us. With more and more businesses realizing the lucrative power of personal data, there’s no denying that our deeply personal details are being weaponized against us.
2019-9-13 14:51 | |
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Elixxir launches alpha of xx network metadata-shredding platform - CryptoNinjas Elixxir, led by cryptographer David Chaum, today announced the launch of the xx network public alpha. Maintained by a team of nodes run by independent operators, the xx network public alpha represents the first public demonstration of cMix, a transaction network that shreds metadata and provides unprecedented consumer privacy and security.
2019-9-11 16:39 | |
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Coinspeaker Metadata-Shredding Platform Elixxir Launches Public AlphaNetDavid Chaum's Elixxir has launched the xx network public alpha. The network represents the first public demonstration of cMix, the transaction network that shreds metadata and provides consumer privacy and security.
2019-9-11 11:23 | |
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Coinspeaker Xiaomi Soon Will Launch a Consumer Lending Business in India Amid Huge Privacy ConcernsIt has come to light that the world's 4th largest smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi, wants to enter the consumer lending business in the crowded Indian market in the coming weeks, recent news report.
2019-8-26 13:23 | |
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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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Coinspeaker FED Chairman: Facebook’s Libra Cannot Go Forward!Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that Libra raises serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, consumer protection, financial stability, adding that the project “cannot go forward” until Facebook’s answers to regulators’ questions.
2019-7-11 10:01 | |
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Coinspeaker Facebook to the U. S. Lawmakers: Libra Will Work With Policymakers and Respect PrivacyFacebook blockchain lead David Marcus sent a letter to U. S. lawmakers in which he addressed multiple questions asked by the government.
2019-7-10 12:45 | |
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Facebook's David Marcus told lawmakers its new libra cryptocurrency will not store or share personal financial information – with a few caveats.
2019-7-10 00:19 | |
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A group of privacy and consumer watchdogs is asking the U.S. Congress to halt Facebook's Libra project.
2019-7-3 00:30 | |
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On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new “interpretive guidance” about how its regulations apply to businesses that conduct money transmissions in virtual currencies.
2019-5-11 21:34 | |
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As Facebook continues to weather a string of legal battles and harsh criticism for its never-ending privacy disasters and a generally lackadaisical attitude towards consumer data, the social networking site kicked off its annual F8 annual developer conference at San Jose yesterday.
2019-5-1 17:28 | |
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It’s easy to aspire to be just like a Fortune 500 company – killer quarterly earnings, adulation from the press, respect from your peers, etc. It’s just as easy to forget there’s a reason these largely successful companies stay on top.
2019-4-29 08:30 | |
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Despite a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and consumer outrage, wireless services providers are still selling user location data to third parties, says an April 2, 2019 report. Private no More A quick look at the news will tell you that consumers are becoming much more concerned about their privacy and, more importantly,Read MoreRead More.
2019-4-5 09:00 | |
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In the first few years of Bitcoin’s existence, one of the features that attracted the most attention from early advocates was the ability to make private transactions. Bitcoin’s Privacy Woes In a financial system where banks, businesses and government authorities heavily monitor consumer purchases, the ability for one to vanish from the radar of theseRead MoreRead More.
2019-3-19 02:00 | |
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Privacy matters are proved by the young Americans as over 17 million of them abandoned Facebook over the last two years after the social media giant was caught in a series of data privacy scandals. According to the survey conducted by Edison Research -which is the longest running one of digital consumer behavior in America- […]
2019-3-11 19:20 | |
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In the consumer world, personal data has been used as a “payment” for services, whether that be a Facebook account or a grocery discount or a loyalty rewards program. If you take the Facebook example, consumers “pay” for the service by supplying data which in turn makes the company money through ads that rely on this data.
2019-3-2 16:30 | |
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Privacy has been a heated discussion for decades. Recently, legislation has been passed to provide greater protections for consumer data including GDPR, BDSG-New, and CCPA. The age-old question is: “If you aren’t doing anything wrong, why do you need privacy?” The answer isn’t so simple.
2019-3-1 22:48 | |
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In 2017, AMARK set out to build a better local marketing system by replicating proven online marketing techniques and applying them to physical businesses. The system improves the effectiveness of local marketing by targeting ads based on consumer interests and compensating consumers for their attention.
2019-2-23 15:03 | |
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Google copped to making a mistake Thursday by not disclosing a microphone component present in its Nest Guard devices, an enhancement to the Nest Secure suite. No Reports of Actual Consumers Bothered By Google’s Secret Nest Microphone Google’s surprise microphone alarmed consumer privacy advocates, but no word yet from any major news sources reporting that actual Nest Guard users were unhappy about Google waiting to disclose the microphone until it had developed the software applications for it.
2019-2-23 22:33 | |
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The GDPR has lofty goals when it comes to protecting consumer privacy. But even if you’re opting out and blocking cookies, you’re still being tracked. According to a group of privacy advocates in Europe lead by Brave privacy browser, advertisers can even track victims of sexual abuse.
2019-1-29 23:00 | |
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Elixxir, the cypherpunk and full-stack blockchain that is led by David Chaim outlined the beginning of its BetaNode selection process. This will start as soon as January 21s and applications will be open since that day.
2019-1-19 22:14 | |
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Consumer agencies in seven EU countries have asked privacy regulators to take action against Google for violating GDPR. The search giant has allegedly tracked the movements of millions of Europeans, Reuters reports.
2018-11-27 14:29 | |
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With contributing reporting from Jimmy Aki. Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), suggested a new course of action for central banks around the world: turn their fiat currencies digital.
2018-11-15 22:38 | |
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Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said central banks throughout the world should consider issuing digital currency to make transactions more secure.
2018-11-14 19:10 | |
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MetaMask, the startup behind a world-renowned Ethereum client, has released new features aimed at improving the consumer experience, most notable of which is the new privacy mode designed to increase security for Ethereum Wallet accounts, the company announced in a Medium press release on November 5, 2018.
2018-11-9 01:00 | |
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MetaMask, the startup behind a world-renowned Ethereum client, recently announced an array of features aimed at bettering the consumer experience and bolstering the adoption levels of crypto assets.
2018-11-7 15:00 | |
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Aqua Intelligence and Alchemy primed to provide data clarity, trust and privacy protection for users. To solidify the partnership, Aqua has announced a $1 million investment in Alchemy Coin, to make it easier for the team to seamlessly achieve its goal of establishing robust consumer profiles while focusing on data clarity and trust.
2018-10-31 23:15 | |
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David Chaum, the cryptographer credited with starting the cypherpunk movement in the 1980s and launching eCash, an early form of virtual money in the 1990s, thinks people are taking financial privacy a lot more seriously these days.
2018-10-24 18:02 | |
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If blockchain-based identity platform Civic is to go mainstream, then making it simple for as many businesses and consumers as possible to start using its app will be key.
2018-10-23 20:50 | |
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have weighed in on sovereign considerations and global implications of blockchain and other financial services technologies.
2018-10-15 19:01 | |
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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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In a move to expand its asset offerings, Coinbase has created a new process by which anyone with a token can apply to have it listed on the platform. This news comes weeks after Coinbase said it was exploring the addition of several new assets including Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC) and Cardano (ADA).
2018-9-27 01:15 | |
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Civic, a digital identity firm, has collaborated with Brave, the privacy-based browser with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, to provide identity verification services to Brave’s content creators.
2018-9-25 00:58 | |
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Over 30 years after creating eCash, a predecessor of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which spawned the Cypherpunk movement of the 1980s, Dr. David Chaum is back in the public eye with a claim of having invented “the world’s fastest cryptocurrency.
2018-9-22 23:59 | |
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It’s a sign of the times and the growing maturity of the crypto industry that a new industry trade association launched in Washington, D. C. , on September 11, 2018, to lobby the U.
2018-9-22 22:46 | |
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Spark is a web-based GUI wallet designed for speed, safety and simplicity that utilizes Blockstream’s Lightning implementation c-lightning as its backend. The platform allows for easy spending and receiving of bitcoins over the Lightning Network, which is renowned for its payment speeds.
2018-9-11 22:32 | |
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APEX Network, an enterprise blockchain solution for the creation of custom dApps with increased privacy and ownership of data, the interactivity of consumer experiences, and connectivity of value announced today the first public release.
2018-7-27 14:48 | |
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What is GDPR? The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a European Union regulation on consumer data and privacy protection. After four years of preparation and debate, the law was finally approved by the European Union Parliament on April 14th, 2016 and went into effect in the EU’s 28 member states on May 25th, 2018. […]
2018-7-16 04:58 | |
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The Digital Future Council made its public debut on June 18, 2018, at the 2018 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. With founding members from such organizations as IBM, Vice, CNN, Lego and Warner Bros.
2018-6-20 21:56 | |
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Alongside the new entities, Fantom raised $10 million in a funding round that will go towards Sonic’s ecosystem development.
Neel Somani, the founder and CEO of Eclipse Labs, stepped down after sexual assault allegations recently surfaced.
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The vote passed with overwhelming support, with 65 addresses representing 14.6 million CELO tokens signaling approval for the measure.
Sasha Mitchell is Head of Operations at BeL2. Imagine if Bitcoin could talk to other blockchains, make deals, execute contracts, and expand its influence without ever compromising its integrity. That's BeL2, the Bitcoin Elastos Layer 2 Protocol.
The next era of Web3 will be defined by the ability of projects to attract and retain users, says Kelly Ye of Decentral Park Capital. Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 is showing the way forward.
CLabs officially proposed using Optimism’s OP Stack for the transition. The proposal will be discussed on a couple of community calls and then go to a vote among holders of the project's CELO tokens, under the chain's governance rules.