Data breaches currently cost businesses an average of $4.24 million USD, according to IBM’s recently published “Cost Of Data Breach Report”—the highest recorded in the report’s 17-year history. These costs […]
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What Evolving Data Privacy Laws Mean for Organizations
The U.S. state of Colorado has joined California, Virginia, the European Union, and Brazil in passing data privacy legislation. These laws give users greater control over their data and empower […]
Three Ways To Prepare for Data Privacy Laws
When it comes to personal data, individuals and governments alike are becoming more privacy conscious, and it’s not hard to see why. Cyber attacks ensnaring government and private organizations, such […]
How Blockchain Will Personalize Healthcare
Modern healthcare data systems are contained in disparate and disconnected information silos in doctors offices, hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories, and mobile devices. The information is so segregated that it often prevents […]
Four Principles Organizations Should Include in Artificial Intelligence Standards
As artificial intelligence (AI) systems are built on larger and larger quantities of data, the potential threat that they can pose to the public also grows. For example, automated systems […]
Will Blockchain Transform Personal Health Data Management?
With news that vaccines to control the spread of COVID-19 have been developed and approved, the next step will be the enormous undertaking of administering them to the public. For […]
Rush to Contact-Tracing Apps Expose Conflict Between Data Privacy and Public Health
Contact-tracing apps designed to track populations during the COVID-19 pandemic are raising red flags around data privacy. It has unveiled a clash between the need to protect privacy and the […]
During a Crisis, Can AI Systems Be Designed Both Quickly and Ethically?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to save thousands of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, rapid deployment of these systems, such as the use of apps that combine AI […]
As COVID-19 Hastens Reliance on Automation, Experts Warn About the Need for AI Ethics in Healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered vast job losses as many businesses are unable to operate during this time. It’s also created a need to quickly identify people who have been […]
Can Blockchain Help to Stop the Spread of COVID-19?
Many experts fear that using technology like blockchain to track personal health data during the COVID-19 pandemic can threaten personal data privacy in the United States. However, others say the […]