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Privacy

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משחק מחשב פורטנייט fortnite

Apple's walled garden cracks: The beginning of a new era for iPhone users

19.08.24|Omer Kabir
Epic Games and Spotify lead the charge as regulatory pressures force Apple to open its ecosystem.
עצרת האו"ם או"ם בניו יורק הקרנת נאומו של נשיא ארה"ב דולנד טראמפ

UN cybercrime treaty sparks global concern over privacy rights

05.08.24|Viki Auslender
Critics warn that new surveillance powers could threaten freedom of expression and human rights worldwide.
טימו Temu

Chinese e-commerce site Temu surges among Israelis despite privacy concerns

19.02.24|Orna Yefet
The e-commerce website reached 4.76 million visits from Israel in January, surpassing its competitor SHEIN, and is already closely trailing the likes of AliExpress. However, analysts caution that the app contains software for collecting data on users, which it then sells: “This is why Temu allows itself to sell products at loss prices”
Mine team

Mine raises $30 million Series B for data privacy platform

05.12.23|Meir Orbach
Over the past two years, the company’s vision has sharpened around its MineOS B2B platform and its aim to provide companies with One Source of Truth for Data inside the organization, which systems and assets they have and what data they keep inside
איור הייטק viki-project-a-print

The rise of information brokers: Unveiling the underbelly of data accessibility

23.08.23|Viki Auslender
Uncovering how information brokers facilitate easy access to segmented data in Israel
סם בנקמן פריד חוזר למעצר

Bankman-Fried case serves as evidence of the price of privacy amid societal scrutiny

16.08.23|Viki Auslender
The US court returned the bankrupt crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried to custody, among other reasons, because he was "caught" using technology that preserves privacy. The larger problem is the hidden consequences for those protecting their privacy
איור ציור יונתן פופר

How Europe is successfully battling tech giants on privacy

24.07.23|Viki Auslender
European regulators are fighting against global platforms such as Meta, Google, Amazon and TikTok, in order to protect the privacy of citizens
Privya

Privya raises $6 million Seed round to tackle data privacy challenges in cloud applications

09.08.22|CTech
With privacy fines at an all time high, the Israeli startup’s data privacy code scanning platform ensures that private and personal information is kept safe before code is deployed to production
INCRMNTAL Team

“Our platform is changing the face of incremental marketing”

28.07.22|CTech
Israeli startup INCRMNTAL has raised an additional $4.1 million to help marketers measure the value of their marketing activities without the need for cookies and identifiers
Jules Polonetsky FPF

“It is not for Silicon Valley leaders or tech startups to determine the future of our democracy”

10.07.22|James Spiro
Norms are being smashed by private tech companies and governments have finally decided to catch up.
Kahoona founders

Kahoona raises $4.5 million Seed round for privacy-focused data generation platform

02.05.22|CTech
The Israeli startup’s solution helps digital businesses protect their users' privacy by generating user profiles through analysis of their interactions with websites
Natalie Noy Bookaway BiblioTech

CTech's Book Review: 1984 - an entrepreneur’s warning about privacy

06.03.22|Natalie Noy
Natalie Noy, GC & VP Corporate Development at Bookaway, shares insights after reading “1984” by George Orwell
העוזרות הקוליות אלקסה גוגל אסיסטנט ו סירי 2

Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri provide stark reminder of need for data privacy awareness

28.01.22|Dov Greenbaum
"Just because a company may not have legal obligations vis-à-vis privacy, created by current laws or the incoming privacy regulations that enforce things like transparency and informed consent to protect collected private information, these laws still create additional legal obligations to protect held personal data from outside hackers," writes Dov Greenbaum
כנס ליברליות בהייטק פאנל יום 2

“Tech giants now have corporate responsibility similar to that of state entities”

01.12.21|CTech
Said Emi Palmor, former D-G of the Israeli Ministry of Justice, during a panel on Calcalist and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom’s Values & Innovation Conference
Ido Erlichman Kape Technologies

Israel’s Kape Technologies acquires ExpressVPN for nearly $1 billion

13.09.21|James Spiro
Operating under the Kape Technologies umbrella, ExpressVPN will continue to operate as an independent service
איילת שקד על רקע מאגר ביומטרי

Israel's secret biometric database revealed

17.07.21|Omer Kabir
The database was created without planning by Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority, which wants to legalize it, without the restrictions regulating the country’s official database
Nimrod Vax BigID

In today’s data-driven world, “privacy is a marketing tool”

02.07.21|James Spiro
With companies collecting constant data about their customers, BigID’s Co-Founder and Head of Product Nimrod Vax shares how organizations can help build trust
פרטיות מידע פרטי דליפת מידע סייבר פייסבוק 2

Israel's Supreme Court curbs use of phone tracking for Covid-19 carriers

01.03.21|Reuters
Judges say that the practice that was imposed as a temporary emergency measure, was slowly becoming permanent
Glilot Capital and IVC's Israeli Cybersecurity Technology Landscape 2021

Israel’s 2021 Cyber landscape: Which sector will the new unicorns emerge from?

09.02.21|Elihay Vidal
120 companies from 14 industry sectors made it into Glilot Capital Partners and IVC’s Israeli Cybersecurity Technology Landscape map
פייזר חיסונים קורונה

Survey finds majority of Israelis aren’t worried about sharing vaccine data with drug companies

04.02.21|CTech
While Israelis overwhelmingly disagree with sharing their medical data with state security agencies, they are willing to do so with drugmakers in exchange for Covid-19 vaccines
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