IT’S THE LAW (9/1/2020)
New Zealand’s 2020 Privacy Act goes into effect December 1. A key provision is the requirement for mandatory notification of harmful privacy breaches and a $10,000 fine for violation.
New Zealand’s 2020 Privacy Act goes into effect December 1. A key provision is the requirement for mandatory notification of harmful privacy breaches and a $10,000 fine for violation.
InfoSum has technology that lets companies analyze data on shared customers without sharing the data itself. It uses Bloom filters, a term you can casually drop the next time you’re trying to impress a privacy geek. The rest of us may be impressed that they just raised $15 million to complete their Series A.
Berbix, a start-up by former Airbnb trust and safety team members, announced it raised $9 million Series A funding. The platform exposes fraud via granular ID flags and prompts end-users to validate their IDs. The ID-verification-as-a-service market is anticipated to grow to between $16-20B by 2022, according to McKinsey.
Salesforce has agreed to buy Troops.ai, which helps sales teams use CRM data without actually opening their CRM system. Modules include tools to update CRM records, send Slack notifications of changes in CRM data, and collaborate on deals using a hub within Slack. Troops.ai will be part of Salesforce’s Slack division when the deal closes some time this summer.