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Libra, Facebooks global digital currency plan, is fuzzy on privacy, watchdogs warn
Privacy commissioners from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australasia have put their names to a joint statement raising concerns about a lack of
How the West Got China’s Social Credit System Wrong
In October 2018, Vice President Mike Pence paid a visit to the Hudson Institute—a conservative Washington, DC, think tank—to give a
GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
It’s a year since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force and leaky adtech is now facing privacy complaints in
Googles lead EU regulator opens formal privacy probe of its adtech
Google’s lead data regulator in Europe has opened a formal investigation into its processing of personal data in the context of its online Ad
How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit
The antitrust argument that says big tech needs breaking up to stop platforms abusing competition and consumers in a two-faced role as seller and
The Brave Browser Will Pay You to Surf the Web
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How a Startup Is Using the Blockchain to Protect Your Privacy
Dawn Song, a Berkeley computer-science professor and MacArthur fellow, is a fan of cloud computing. She also thinks it needs a major rethink.
Cracking the Crypto War
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