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Guest blogRegulation

The EU continues to influence global data privacy regulations

Most businesses have a touch point to personal data – whether that be customer data, employee data or data processing. To help businesses navigate the complex landscape of global data regulation laws, analyst house Forrester has created a data privacy heat map that highlights the data protection guidelines and practices…
MEF
February 13, 2017
News Roundup

Global mobile news round-up 10 February

ind out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. Cisco report pegs mobile growth to reach 5.5 billion devices by 2021, IoT boom + GDPR raises stakes of cyber security breach, tablet sales continue decline, China’s new top smartphone brand and much more. Globally, mobile phone…
Sam Hill
February 10, 2017
Guest blogOpinions

Mozilla: Internet health for our connected future

As consumers, we are increasingly surrounded by connected devices that are meant to ‘help’ with every aspect of our lives. This so-called Internet of Things will include 20.8 billion devices by 2020, all collecting and collating data constantly. Yet if we want consumers to be willing participants it is absolutely…
MEF
February 9, 2017
AnalyticsPrivacy

World Economic Forum: consumer trust and a $10trn opportunity

The World Economic Forum is very optimistic about the potential of digital technologies to supercharge the global economy. But it says trust issues could hold this revolution back. Its new research paper dives into the topic. In the 20th century the global economy was supercharged by the arrival of choice.…
MEF
February 9, 2017
OpinionsPrivacyVAS

Is data an asset or a liability?

Drawing on discussions from recent MEF Privacy events in London and Las Vegas, CEO Rimma Perelmuter explores the debate around how companies handle the safeguarding of consumer data and asks, in the context of increasingly stringent regulation relating to such data, if the burden of ownership could outweigh the potential…
Sam Hill
February 8, 2017
5 minutes with

5 Minutes with… Syntonic

In our 5 minutes with profiles, MEF members talk about their business, their aspirations for the future and the wider mobile industry. This week, Gary Greenbaum introduces the leader in sponsored data Syntonic. Syntonic provides consumers a way to access mobile content without worrying about how much data they are…
MEF
February 7, 2017
MEF Asia

MEF Connects Indonesia 2017 in pictures

MEF recently hosted the third annual MEF Connects Indonesia in Jakarta in association with Indosat/Ooredoo. The event was supported by TIMWE Group and Bango. MEF Asia GM Linda Ruck shares highlights and photos from the night. With a population fast approaching 260 million, Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous…
MEF
February 6, 2017
MEF Member News round-up

MEF Member News – February 6

What’s the news from the MEF community? Here’s your weekly round up of all the latest announcements from MEF members including product launches, partnerships, research insights and more… Drivers in Norway, Sweden and Denmark will test a new app from Telenor that lets them access a 4G Wifi hotspot, enjoy…
MEF
February 6, 2017
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