China Passes Major Data Protection Law as Regulatory Scrutiny on Tech Sector Intensifies - A final version of the law has not been published but a previous draft included rules around requiring consent for data protection...more
Nearly half of Americans have tried wellness wearables or another digital health product. In a global pandemic, can we use the information tracked by wellness wearables to help prevent further spread and infection?...more
In This Issue: - Proposed US Consumer Internet Privacy Legislation Threatens Digital Advertising - DJ Khaled Alcohol Endorsements Exposed, Says TINA - 4A’s and Agencies Issue APB on Unsafe Ad Environments - Astronaut’s...more
Shiran Kleiderman of K2 Intelligence looks at how wearable technology and the Internet of Things can help boost enterprise security, when done right...more
At a panel during last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Edith Ramirez, chair of the Federal Trade Commission – America’s top privacy regulator – said she would not wear a Fitbit personal fitness tracker. “I...more
This Halloween, the scariest monsters might not be in your closet or under your bed. They may be overseas, orchestrating intrusions into your electronic medical record. Or they may be lurking in your own workforce, carrying...more
In May of this year, Fitbit Inc. (Fitbit) filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for upwards of $100 million. With more and more consumers using wearable devices, privacy concerns have skyrocketed. However, since 2011,...more
Earlier this month, fitness-tracking company Fitbit, Inc. filed a Form S-1 Registration Statement for an IPO of up to $100 million that exhaustively disclosed potential cybersecurity risks with respect to the personal data...more
Fitbit, the fitness-tracking company with six wearable devices that track and collect data about things like calories burned, steps logged, “quality” of sleep and sleep patterns, heart rate, etc.) as well as web and mobile...more