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UK Tribunal Rules on Direct Marketing ICO Case Against Experian

Hunton Privacy

Background The case relates to an ICO investigation that began in July 2018 into how Experian and two other credit reference agencies (“ CRAs ”) used the personal data of UK data subjects for direct marketing purposes. The investigation resulted in an ICO enforcement notice in October 2020, further details of which can be read here.

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Understanding Have I Been Pwned's Use of SHA-1 and k-Anonymity

Troy Hunt

Later in 2018, I did the same thing with the email address search feature used by Mozilla, 1Password and a handful of other paying subscribers. Four and a half years ago now, I rolled out version 2 of HIBP's Pwned Passwords that implemented a really cool k-anonymity model courtesy of the brains at Cloudflare. And for what?

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The time for government blockchain proofs of concept is now

CGI

Tue, 05/15/2018 - 06:29. For the past two years, CGI has seen an exponential uptick in commercial sector interest in blockchain beyond just the financial services industry. As of January 2018, ISO/AWI 22739 related to blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) is in the preparation phase. For example, the U.S.

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From channel to customer: How an omni-channel experience is the key to the retail industry’s success

CGI

Thu, 12/20/2018 - 03:41. In this year’s CGI Client Global Insights , 87% of retail and consumer services executives we interviewed say they continue to invest in improving the customer experience, making it their number one business and IT priority. Is the hype around the retail store being dead simply that, hype? Well, maybe.

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From channel to customer: How an omni-channel experience is the key to the retail industry’s success

CGI

Thu, 12/20/2018 - 15:50. In this year’s CGI Client Global Insights , 87% of retail and consumer services executives we interviewed say they continue to invest in improving the customer experience, making it their number one business and IT priority. adrian.alleyne…. Well, maybe. What is the new brick-and-mortar reality?

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