Fine-tuning has been the sole method by which a model could be adapted to accomplish specific tasks. Today, the current large language model can be prompt-engineered to achieve similar results. An AI task that would have taken 6 months in the past can now be accomplished in a matter of minutes or hours. This development … continue reading
Privacy will be top of mind next year for many organizations, as five U.S. states will have new data protection laws going into effect. These include Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah, as well as a new California law that is expected to be more rigorous than the already existing CCPA law. Companies who handle customer … continue reading
The data security and privacy automation company LightBeam.ai today announced a new, free PrivacyOps Pro module in order to help organizations of varying sizes and industries meet specific requirements of international, national, and state data privacy laws. While new data privacy regulations are a step in the right direction for user safety, the disparate nature … continue reading
The winners of Free Software Foundation’s 2021 Software Awards for achievements in the field of free software, are SecuRepairs, Paul Eggert, and Protesilaos Stavrou. SecuRepairs was the winner of the Award for Projects of Social Benefit, which is presented to a project or team responsible for applying free software, or the ideas of the free … continue reading
Several countries have successfully implemented major data privacy and protection regulations over the past decade. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) drastically changed how companies managed data, not just for their customers in the EU, but worldwide. Then came the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which had a similar cascading effect when companies decided … continue reading
Even in a society so heavily reliant on the internet, millions of people remain ignorant of who has access to their personal information on the web–and what can be done with that information. This year, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) has expanded its annual Data Privacy Day into Data Privacy Week. The event runs from … continue reading
Almost 500 million individuals had their information involved in a data breach in the last couple of years, yet many consumers still don’t have a handle on who has access to their data and what they’re doing with it. The theme of this year’s International Data Privacy Day, which is held by the National Cybersecurity … continue reading
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) assessed an $80 million civil money penalty against Capital One for its role in the 2019 hack of 100 million credit card applications. The OCC reached the decision due to “the bank’s failure to establish effective risk assessment processes prior to migrating significant information technology operations … continue reading
Yellowbrick Data and Protegrity are teaming up to provide advanced data security and privacy solutions. “Protegrity delivers leading-edge data security and privacy solutions to the world’s largest enterprises across the leading platforms and data stores,” said Allen Holmes, vice president of business development at Yellowbrick Data. “Combined with the power and scale of Yellowbrick’s hybrid … continue reading
Microsoft announced it is updating the privacy provisions in the Microsoft Online Services Terms (OST) commercial cloud contracts amid ongoing investigations by the European Union (EU). The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) launched an investigation into Microsoft earlier this year to see whether the contractual agreements concluded between Microsoft and the EU institutions were fully … continue reading
Facebook wants to avoid another data privacy blunder. The company is quickly trying to address a problem it found with its Groups API access. Last year, in an effort to better protect users privacy, Facebook removed and restricted a number of developer APIs — Groups API was one of these restricted APIs. Before restrictions were … continue reading
The upcoming version of the Android operating system is taking a strong focus on privacy, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) believes it could still do better. Despite Android Q’s efforts to protect users, the EFF says the operating system still favors ad trackers over users. Android Q’s new privacy features include: user control over … continue reading
