The battle for personal data

Big companies will go to great lengths to enhance their reputation in the debate over privacy and  personal data.
Facebook and Google – two massive organisations who have been involved in controversy over data collection and privacy in recent month…

High profile privacy breaches demonstrate the value of personal information

There have been some very high profile stories over the past week or so about privacy and personal data. The first was the news that Apple ‘tracks’ iPhone users by storing their location data in a so-called hidden file on the device.
Researchers m…

Data breaches show us how much personal data is out there

On the 4th of April, Epsilon – the world’s largest permission-based email marketing provider – announced that hackers had stolen an unknown amount of information from their servers, including the names and email addresses of many thousands of pe…

Data breaches show us how much personal data is out there

On the 4th of April, Epsilon – the world’s largest permission-based email marketing provider – announced that hackers had stolen an unknown amount of information from their servers, including the names and email addresses of many thousands of pe…