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10 things you need to know about the personal-data economy

Rob Pegorago, tech journalist and moderator from the recent MEF Data Privacy & Security Summit at CES shares 10 things you need to know about the personal data economy, following the discussions of the panel held on the topic at the same event – listen to that discussion in full…
Sam Hill
February 16, 2017
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
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
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
Industry ViewsRegulationVAS

What’s in store for the mobile ecosystem in 2017?

2016 was an eventful year for technology innovation across the board. And whilst new models have come to the fore the global base of mobile users continues to grow, confirming mobile's central role in how businesses innovate and monetise their services. Everything has been fair game, from the collection and…
MEF
January 5, 2017
Personal Data

Can one idea make online life more private, secure and efficient?

A new MEF and Juniper Research whitepaper analyses the emergence of the user-centric data value-exchange. A concept that could completely change the way people manage their digital lives is profiled in a free report by Juniper Research for the Mobile Ecosystem Forum. The study outlines the Personal Data Economy: an…
Sam Hill
November 17, 2016
Interviews

Interview: Mastercard talks post-plastic payments

When you turn payments into code, you can put them anywhere – cars, fridges, watches, rings. Mastercard is working hard to make the post-plastic revolution real. Kiki Del Valle, Sr VP for Commerce for Every Device at Mastercard, talked to MEF Minute… Mastercard needs no introduction. The clue is in…
MEF
November 10, 2016
MEF