Tag: privacy

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Andrej Hadji-Vasilev; We live in a day and age where it seems like every website we visit and every piece of software we use wants to know everything about us. Data collection is a major issue, whether that’s general information or more sensitive data. Nobody wants their data to be misused or sold, which is why we’ve decided to take a look at data privacy management software.  Key Takeaways: Data privacy and security are critical. You don’t want your data to fall into the wrong hands. Incogni is an excellent tool for managing data privacy, and the only ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Traci Curran. The cloud has revolutionized the way modern businesses operate. By moving to the cloud, companies can access data and applications from anywhere globally, scale their remote infrastructures in real-time, and take advantage of cloud-based analytics and machine learning tools.Transitioning to cloud-based applications and solutions offers unparalleled flexibility for businesses, but it also comes with certain risks. When moving to the cloud, one of the biggest concerns for businesses is data security and data privacy, which are essential for companies to get right. The Importance of Data Security and Privacy in Today’s Cloud Landscape The cloud ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jackie Leavitt; What Is Abortion Privacy in a Post-Roe v Wade World? When the Supreme Court made abortion legal in the United States in 1973 with the court case Roe v Wade, the internet didn’t even exist — it would take a full decade before the “internet” was born and another decade after that before the World Wide Web would open to the public. It goes without saying, then, that “abortion privacy” looks quite different today than it did 50 years ago. Now it largely involves digital privacy, and ensuring privacy means understanding how companies collect and ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Samson Max; If you’ve been traversing the internet without the best VPN for privacy, your personal data could be at risk. This is because the internet landscape is a honeypot for hackers, digital marketers and other third-party snoopers. If your internet traffic travels through the standard unprotected route, it leaves the door open for them to intercept it.  Key Takeaways: ExpressVPN is without a doubt the best VPN for privacy. It might be pricey, but considering its security and privacy features — from secure protocols and solid encryption to perfect forward secrecy and RAM-only servers — it’s ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Aleksander Hougen; MEGA is a cloud storage service that has long prided itself on being zero-knowledge, meaning the company had no way to decrypt the files stored on its servers. Unfortunately, a study by cryptographers in June 2022 found a significant vulnerability in the service’s encryption. This new MEGA security flaw makes it theoretically possible for the company to retrieve a user’s RSA private key and decrypt their files. Key Takeaways: Cryptographic researchers have exposed critical flaws and severe vulnerabilities in how the MEGA cloud storage service handles its users’ encryption keys.MEGA has issued a security patch, ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. Starting today, AWS Site-to-Site VPN supports the ability to deploy IPSec VPN connections over Direct Connect using private IP addresses. With this change, customers can encrypt DX traffic between their on-premises network and AWS without the need for public IP addresses, thus enabling enhanced security and network privacy at the same time. AWS Site-to-Site VPN is a fully-managed service that creates a secure connection between your data center or branch office and your AWS resources using IP Security (IPSec) tunnels. Until now, you were required to use a public IP address to connect your on-premises networks to ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Robin Barber; The Top 26 Data Privacy Statistics You Need to Know Here are 26 data privacy statistics that will give you a better idea of how companies collect and use personal data, what the general public thinks of this prying behavior and how widespread the problem is. 1. How Much of Your Traffic Is Being Tracked? A study by WhoTracks.Me found that around 82 percent of web traffic contains third-party scripts by Google, and almost half of them are confirmed to be tracking you. That’s around 40  percent of web traffic being tracked by Google alone ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Andrej Hadji-Vasilev; User privacy is an important topic. Companies left and right are selling your data to advertisers, making it very likely that your data will fall into the wrong hands at some point. If you want to be proactive to mitigate your risks — without spending a dime — we’ve got 99 free privacy tools that’ll help: VPNs, antivirus, password managers, secure messaging, ad blockers and more.  Key Takeaways: Keeping your data private should always be a priority when you’re online. Most of the apps you use on a daily basis aren’t optimized for privacy, which creates ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Aleksandar Kochovski; Here at Cloudwards, we often decry privacy laws in the U.S. as subpar and, at times, actively harmful. However, it’s not all bad. The U.S. — and certain states in particular — have several laws and regulations that serve its citizens well. This article will go over U.S. data protection laws that try to protect the data of American citizens and users of U.S.-based services. Key Takeaways: Data privacy laws regulate how a person’s private data is collected, handled, used, processed and shared.Federal laws in the United States do little to protect their citizens from ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Hamza Ghadyali. Computer vision applications are everywhere. At SAS alone, we have developed solutions in manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and the retail sectors, just to name a few. In turn, concern for privacy, given the intrinsically sensitive nature of image data, has become more prevalent too. I will share some ideas for how to build computer vision solutions with privacy baked into their design. I will also explore the ideas of privacy-by-design with use cases for the retail sector. Hopefully, it will also be apparent how these concepts generalize to other domains. Background Consider this hypothetical situation ... Read More