In Brief: WhatsApp offers users a 2021 privacy policy ultimatum
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A new University of Cambridge study indicates voice assistants like Alexa, Amazon Echo and Google Home can pick up room noise including keyboard taps that malicious actors might subsequently use to discover your PINs. This is an increasing privacy threat as we add more smart speakers throughout our workplaces and homes.
Data Theorems’ new privacy toolkit and data leak dashboard helps speed compliance Apple’s rule that developers must disclose information collected and 3rd-party sharing is a big burden. Data Theorem has a quick and easy-to-use tool set to make this easier to automate, monitor and fully disclose details.
Like the determined optimist who tells his boss the factory is on fire by reporting they’ll soon be able to update their equipment, let’s find some silver linings in a batch of gloomy surveys today, Dear Reader. We’ll start with this Fivetran report, which finds that 85% of data leaders say their company has lost money by basing decisions on bad data, and 66% believe their C-suite can’t tell when that happens. The bright side is there’s lots of room for improvement.