In Brief: Security vendor Verkada has dropped facial biometrics in 4 US regions – Texas, Illinois, Baltimore, Maryland and Portland, Oregon – in response to expanding legislation
Expectations are more vendors may follow.
Expectations are more vendors may follow.
Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge (Diksha), a key public education tool operated by India’s Ministry of Education and used by millions of Indian students particularly during the pandemic, had its data left unprotected on a Microsoft Azure cloud server for more than a year. Wired, which has verified the story, reported this left the data searchable via a simple Google search.
The company has claimed data was “limited,” since it didn’t include payment card data.
Deep thinkers in the advertising world recognize that a single ad is rarely the only reason someone makes a purchase. But one-touch attribution is irresistibly simple. Sam’s Club has just announced it will link in-store purchases to online search ads within its retail ad network, giving many marketers what they want even if they know better.