News — personal data

Only 12% of Mexicans trust tech companies with their personal data     The Research In modern society, many of us find ourselves giving more and more of our personal information to better experience and use products/services provided by a range of industries. One of those key industries being the tech sector. Interested in data protection, MoneyTransfers.com analysed the latest data from YouGov, to establish which countries in the world most and least trust tech companies with their personal data.   The Results MoneyTransfers.com found that India is in number one spot as 17% of Indians trust tech companies with...

Helsinki aims to use personal data on behalf of the citizens - on citizens’ term The City of Helsinki, Finland, aims to offer its citizens the possibility to better manage the personal information the city gathers from them. At the same time, the city is developing data-based city services that are timely and even predictive. Helsinki has chosen Vastuu Group Ltd to be their MyData operator. It develops personal data-based services for Helsinki together with Fujitsu Finland, Nixu Oyj, Personium, and 1001 Lakes. Helsinki wants to be the top city in the world in utilising digitalisation. In the process, Helsinki...