Big Fine for TalkTalk Data Protection Failure
The UK’s Information Commission issued a GBP100,000 (USD130,000) penalty after it was found TalkTalk allowed Wipro staff to have excessive access to customer data.
Slack Supplier Exposes Verizon Customer Records
Nice Systems insecurely configured an Amazon cloud server used to hold data about calls made to Verizon’s contact center.
Why India Is Racing Ahead with Know Your Customer Biometrics
Shankar Palaniandy of FRS Labs talks about the Indian national ID database and its impact on customer verification and services.
4 Reasons Why Telco Sharing of Ad Data Would Be Madness
Execs would be foolish to disregard downside risks whilst overstating the extent they can monetize data.
Smartphone Crowdsourcing Hints at Future of Regulation
British users installed apps which collect and send data to the regulator, creating a new form of performance monitoring.
Mobile Phones Can Build Credit Profiles for the Unbanked
Almost half the people in the world have no bank account, but social data can be used to assess their credit worthiness.
Subex Repositions as Analytics Provider; Unveils Logo
The shift to analytics hints at the kinds of business that Subex will buy, or the kind that Subex wants to be bought by.
Uber Is Not an Information Service
Per Advocate General Szpunar of the Court of Justice of the EU, Uber will have to submit to national transport regulations because it supplies more than information.
They Know Everything About You: 30 IoT Devices
You might be thrilled, amazed or terrified by this list of gadgets and the data they collect about you.
Yahoo Hacks Worth $350 Million; How Much Should Be Spent on Data Security?
Numbers and anecdotes suggest Yahoo spent far too little on securing data. We should all take note.