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What Stops Telcos Being Champions of Privacy?
In the past, telcos had hardly any data about customers. How did they end up being portrayed as data hogs who are too willing to share their data with the authorities?
Google Is Funding Anti-Telco Academic Research
Google lowers its costs by advocating for laws that prevent telcos from invoicing Google. Meanwhile, academics are failing to state how much money they receive from Google.
Canada Orders Google to De-Index Global Results
Canada's Supreme Court disagreed with Google about whether one country could impose a decision to remove search results even if that might break laws elsewhere.
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.
Anti-ISP Hysteria Turns Privacy Into a Scam
An irrational hatred of ISPs is being mixed with more general fears about the loss of privacy to create a toxic brew exploited by VPN scammers.
Court Says Warrants Apply to Data Held Outside USA
A Pennsylvania judge ruled that Google must provide data stipulated in a warrant because the 'search' would occur in the USA, even if the data was stored elsewhere.
Paris Court Rejects Request to Filter ‘Torrent’ Searches on Bing
The French music industry wanted Microsoft to filter searches for pirated music, but the filter was too broad.
ATS Takes a Trip with BigQuery
Google's BigQuery helped ATS to rapidly and efficiently search through billions of CDRs, performing a 'miracle' on behalf of their customer and the FBI.
Ancillary Rights for News Content: The State of Play in Europe
Would ancillary rights protect online news providers, or hurt them? Google opposes them, but who really wants them?
Apple Is the New Sheriff of Mobile Comms
Apple's strategy is to skip any middlemen between them and their customers, and that includes mobile network operators. How can the telcos compete with Apple's might?
Site for Sore Eyes: Economics of Domain Names
An amusing insight into why the importance and value of domain names may be falling for everyone except those with the biggest internet brands.
What Butt Dialing Says About the Need for Data
Google's research into emergency calls shows why significant operational efficiencies can only be identified if you collect the right data in the first place.
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