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בנימין נתניהו 1.1.19

Following Likud App Breach, Regulator Descends on Offices of Suspected Developer

11.02.20|Omer Kabir
A day after Calcalist reported a security breach in a campaign management app used by Israeli ruling party Likud had exposed the country’s voting registrar, the Privacy Protection Authority ordered an inspection at the offices of “one of the companies suspected of being the source of the leak”
בנימין נתניהו ישיבת ממשלה 12.1.20

An Election App Breach Exposed the Personal Data of 6.5 Million Israelis

10.02.20|Omer Kabir
A breach in the campaign management app of Israel’s ruling Likud Party laid bare the country’s voting registrar’s database and exposed lacking regulation
נגיף וירוס קורונה סין הונג קונג

Could–and Should–Rapid DNA Testing Be Used to Curb the Spread of Coronavirus?

07.02.20|Dov Greenbaum
Genetic testing of travelers to detect coronavirus RNA could prove more efficient than quarantine, but it raises concerns about privacy
עומס ב נתב"ג שדה התעופה בן גוריון

Coronavirus Scare Prompts Israel to Create a Database on People Entering and Exiting the Country

06.02.20|Adrian Filut
The establishment of the database is being rushed after authorities ran into trouble collecting data on Chinese citizens expected to enter the country
הנסיך הארי ו מייגן מרקל התארסו

Jeff Bezos, Meghan Markle, and You Have This in Common: Privacy Concerns

31.01.20|Dov Greenbaum
Passwords are both easily cracked and forgotten but available alternatives, such as biometric facial recognition technologies, raise their own prominent concerns
תערוכת CES 2020 לאס וגאס

2020’s Top Tech Trends According to This Year’s CES Tech Exhibition

07.01.20|Lilach Baumer, Las Vegas
Calcalist’s reporter Lilach Baumer outlines the most prominent issues the tech sector will focus on at the dawn of the new decade, according to the CES exhibition program
פרטיות מידע פרטי דליפת מידע סייבר פייסבוק 2

How California’s CCPA Regulations Will Affect Israeli Adtech Companies

07.01.20|Adi El-Rom and Jules Polonetsky
Adtech plays a critical role today in supporting the economic viability of many publishers, but it is clear that the long term viability of the sector is under legislative pressure
אישה קניות סמארטפון

The Tech Sector's 10 Biggest Challenges in the New Decade

06.01.20|Omer Kabir
From regaining the public’s trust and addressing the privacy crisis, to making digital coins viable, Calcalist reporter Omer Kabir outlines the most pressing issues faced by the global tech industry
טלוויזיה חכמה שלט רחוק

Your Smart TV Is Watching You, Question Is Who For

06.12.19|Dov Greenbaum
Many current models of smart TVs include cameras and microphones to boot. Combined with an insecure internet connection, these devices are becoming an increasingly worrying privacy concern
ועידת Mind the tech TLV Jeremi Gorman Chief Business Officer Snap

Privacy Is Essential to Free and True Communication, Says Snap Exec

26.11.19|CTech
Jeremi Gorman, Snap’s chief business officer, spoke Monday at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv.
עידו ארליכמן מנכ"ל Kape Technologies

Kape Technologies Buys Online Privacy Company LTMI for $128 Million

19.11.19|Meir Orbach
Kape, whose controlling shareholder is businessman Teddy Sagi, is a cybersecurity company developing online security, privacy, and autonomy products
הפגנה מחאה הונג קונג 1

Can Facial Recognition Technologies, Privacy, and the Freedom of Expression Co-Exist?

10.11.19|Limor Shmerling Magazanik and Noam Rosen
Tech policy experts Limor Shmerling Magazanik and Noam Rosen outline possible measures to reduce privacy infringement caused by law enforcement agencies’ use of facial recognition software
קורקינט מנוע חשמלי

Shared E-Scooter Users Risk not Just Injury but Also Their Privacy

23.08.19|Dov Greenbaum
Regulators around the world who attempt to limit the shared micro-mobility industry have accidents in mind, but what they should really be keeping their eyes on is how companies use and safeguard the private user data they collect
האקר האקרים סייבר מחשב מחשבים טכנולוגיה טכנולוגי פריצה פריצות מטריקס גנב פושע

Current Privacy Legislation Fails in Defining Sensitive Data

16.08.19|Dov Greenbaum
Researcher Dov Greenbaum suggests a new model categorizing personal data according to how accurately it describes an individual, even without disclosing their identity
כביש 6 מבט מלמעלה

Security Breach Revealed Personal Information of Israeli Toll Highway Users

01.08.19|Omer Kabir
Files containing 2.9 million messages sent between May 2018 and January 2019 to 824,000 phone numbers by the operator of Israel’s Highway 6 were stored on an unsecured server and recently uncovered by activist hackers
מחשב נייד סייבר

A Third of Serious Cyberattacks in Israel in the Past Year Went Unreported, Report Says

25.07.19|Raphael Kahan
Since new regulations requiring companies and nonprofits to report on significant breaches came into force in May 2018, Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority has handled 146 severe cybersecurity events, only 103 of which were reported by the organizations targeted
מאט בריטין גוגל

Google Wants In on 6,000 Israeli Startups Within the Next 3 Years, Says Exec

24.07.19|Elihay Vidal
Matthew John Brittin, Google’s president of business and operations, EMEA, spoke with Calcalist about the company’s role in Israel’s tech ecosystem, navigating regulation, and future plans
מאגר ביומטרי טביעת אצבע זיהוי

Israel’s National Biometric Database Authority Failed to Report Two Security Incidents

16.06.19|Omer Kabir
The authority failed to report the incidents—which took place in 2017 and 2018—to its overseeing parliamentary committee, a committee that apparently hasn’t convened since 2017
זיהוי פנים ריגול מעקב פרטיות

At Computex, Privacy Is a Thing of the Past

02.06.19|Elihay Vidal, Taipei
One of the main tasks facing every visitor to international conventions, particularly technological events, is identifying upcoming industry trends
קעקוע קעקועים

Think Before You Ink: in the Age of Biometrics, Tattoos Are Becoming a Major Privacy Issue

24.05.19|Dov Greenbaum
Like a fingerprint, every tattoo is ostensibly unique and can be used by law enforcement agencies and other entities for identification and profiling
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