[ad_1] Words by Fi Bendall The world of digital and online is ever-changing, so we can expect 2019 to bring with it all manner of disruptions, transformations and fluctuations. Here are five of the big trends to keep an eye on in the coming year. Privacy presents as opportunity The ongoing travails of Facebook, the…
[ad_1] Remember Instapaper? The Pinterest-owned, read-it-later bookmarking service is taking a break in Europe — apparently while it works on achieving compliance with the region’s updated privacy framework, GDPR, which will start being applied from tomorrow. Instapaper’s notification does not say how long the self-imposed outage will last. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation…
[ad_1] Twitter denizens looking to catch up on the latest news and Kanye tweets this week were interrupted with a full-screen pop-up message telling them the site was updating its terms of service and privacy policy effective May 25. Even though the message didn’t say it outright, the date was a hint that big changes…
[ad_1] Sidewalk Labs, owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., says it will apply an “open standard” to data governance and partner with as many Canadian companies as possible as it transforms a swath of Toronto’s waterfront into a technology-driven district. But that’s no guarantee of a level playing field in terms of data access for…