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Three elements of a solid cyber security strategy

When in charge of defending an organization from cyber-attacks, viruses, malware, and other cyber threats buzzing around in the web, one will need to keep in mind some key principles of cyber security strategy and incorporate it into their overall plan The main elements behind any successful cyber security strategy are prevention, detection, and recovery. […]

German regulator probes Google's market position, data use

German regulators have launched an investigation into Google’s position in the market, and how the search engine and advertising giant handles user data. The Federal Cartel Office, or Bundeskartellamt, said Tuesday that it has started proceedings against Google entities in Germany, Ireland and California based on new provisions in German competition law that apply to […]

DC files antitrust case vs Amazon over treatment of vendors

The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform. The practices have raised prices for consumers and stifled innovation and choice in the online retail market, the DC attorney general alleges in an antitrust suit. The suit filed Tuesday in the […]

Apple CEO faces tough questions about app store competition

Apple CEO Tim Cook described the company’s ironclad control over its mobile app store as the best way to serve and protect iPhone users, but he faced tough questions about competition issues from a judge Friday about allegations he oversees an illegal monopoly. The rare courtroom appearance by one of the world’s best-known executives came […]

China authorities name 105 apps for improper data practices

China’s internet watchdog said Friday it had found Bytedance’s Douyin, Microsoft Bing, LinkedIn and 102 other apps were engaged in improper collection and use of data and ordered them to fix the problem. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that the 105 apps violated laws by excessively collecting and illegally accessing users’ personal information, […]

WhatsApp denies it will drop privacy update for Turkey users

Turkey’s competition watchdog said Friday it was told by WhatsApp that the chat app won’t apply a controversial privacy update following an investigation, but the announcement was contradicted by the Facebook-owned app, which said it still plans to roll out the update for Turkish users. It’s a fresh sign of the confusion between regulators and […]

Tokopedia Partners with Epsilon to Serve E-Commerce Boom Across Indonesia with Secure Multi-Cloud

The Indonesian technology company with the largest marketplace platform uses Epsilon’s private network to securely host its production IT infrastructure in a multi-cloud environment. Epsilon, a global connectivity provider, has been selected by Tokopedia, an Indonesian technology company with a leading marketplace platform, to provide a secure and high-performance multi-cloud environment in Singapore. Epsilon’s managed […]

The academic, emotional, and financial realities of remote learning

Understood, a social impact organization and the only lifelong guide for those who learn and think differently, unveiled a study with insights on how the shift to remote learning and the pandemic has affected children and families academically, emotionally, and financially. Understood’s “Pandemic Learning Impact Study,” which surveyed 1,500 parents, found that those with children […]

Regtech: How regulation keeps up with innovation

The pace of digitization is blowing full steam ahead around the world, bursting through the gates of the pandemic with no sign of slowing down. The technology that helps regulate these complex processes which underpin our high-tech world, known as RegTech, or regulation technology, must evolve with it. RegTech is simply the use of technology […]