In our blog we provide you with industry insights on privacy, anonymization, analytics and of course information about our solution Aircloak Insights.
December 18, 2018
2018 was a very exciting year that demonstrated clearly how our society is changing in the context of digitisation and the ever increasing relevance of data. In March, the Cambridge Analytica & Facebook scandal was published by various media, in May the world’s most modern data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect, posing major challenges and … read more
December 11, 2018
This article got first released on CPO Magazine (or Chief Privacy Officer Magazine). It provides news, insights and resources for data protection, privacy and cyber security leaders. “Data is the new oil” – not only is this an overused expression with over 1 billion hits on Google but it is also a rather inaccurate comparison. If you find a source of oil … read more
July 23, 2018
Data protection is becoming increasingly relevant in the public debate. Numerous examples have recently shown that companies are confronted with serious consequences in the event of data breaches. Ensuring proper data protection is therefore more important than ever. In order to strengthen the rights of the user and to protect privacy, we must generally change how we handle data. The … read more
May 4, 2018
The attack by the scientists at Imperial College London is purely theoretical. It was never actually carried out and based on our measurements on real databases, the conditions under which it could work are so rare as to be practically non-existent. … read more
February 6, 2018
As both the risks and opportunities of data increase, there is a corresponding increase in pressure on companies to build what’s known as “Privacy by Design” or PbD into their data practices. This idea comes from Ann Cavoukian, the former Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. With the notorious GDPR set to take effect in May of 2018, privacy by design will become a legal requirement (rather than a nice to have) for any business subject to the new regulation. … read more
October 16, 2017
Today we are announcing our “Aircloak Privacy Challenge” at the IAPP’s Privacy. Security. Risk. 2017 conference. This unique bounty program rewards privacy professionals, researchers and hackers who manage to break the company’s patented privacy protection methodology, with a total of 15,000 USD. Applications for the challenge to re-identify anonymized data start today. … read more
September 28, 2017
If you are a privacy professional interested in anonymity, then you’ve probably followed the Wired article “How One of Apple’s Key Privacy Safeguards Falls Short”. It’s the story of how some researchers reverse-engineered Apple’s proprietary implementation of differential privacy and found that the setting of the privacy loss parameter is not in the safe region. … read more