IKEA Gives Users Big Promises on Privacy and Data Ethics
One of the main role models within the new data ethics era might end up being the Swedish multinational Ingka Group, the strategic partner to IKEA IKEA. The company presented its thoughts for the first time at the World Economic … Read More
Why We Need to Make (Attempts of) De-Anonymisation Illegal
If we want to use personal data to help humans and societies thrive, we need to make de-anonymisation illegal and let independent third parties into machine rooms to audit anonymisation processes. As it is today, we get more and more … Read More
If You Want To be As Creepy As Facebook – Then Advertise On One Of Its Platforms
Brands should be very careful using one of Facebook’s ad platforms. They are creepy stalkers, and more and more will get annoyed by it. Pouring you marketing money into that might be doing yourself a disservice. The other day I … Read More
Zuboff: We Must Protect Our Free Will and Democracy With Law
When talking about data collection and profiling of tech companies, people tend to think: “It does not concern me, I have nothing to hide.” The issue, however, is not about protecting secrets. It is about protecting our free will and … Read More
TikTok: The Clock Ticks for the World’s most Valuable Startup
Growth can happen fast. TikTok was launched in 2017 as a video social networking app for markets outside of Asia, and in November 2019 the app was one of the most downloaded in the world with more than 1.5 billion … Read More