Place the privacy of customer firmly in the headlines again last mobile phone network EE giant Sunday was struck by accusatory reports that the company is actively selling personal data of their users. This week he is Bloomberg under a spotlight, as financial news agency based in New York rejected the claims of data espionage.
Bloomberg initially came under fire in April, after Goldman Sachs made a complaint about the apparent knowledge of a journalist of the log-in user time. It then emerged that up to that time, Bloomberg journalists have benefited from access to information, including dates and times of log-ins and customers what features they used, although without access to an input content on these sites. Similarly, they could see users contact each other via chat or messaging, but have not been able to view the messages themselves.
The benefits for the company has been considerable, with the conviction piling down the media and even the Bank of England. Upon receipt of the initial complaints Bloomberg instantly revoked access, and has published a blog post of their apologetic editor Matthew Winkler Monday. 'Keeping Ourselves responsible, "the article explains that inadequate access was the result of authorizations in the 190s to familiarize journalists with the systems and gather information to subscribers. Winkler insisted that customer data was never compromised.
EE has even gone on the defensive, minimizing assertions style behavior "Big Brother" and insisting that there is no published data were traced to individuals. However, it is clear that the monitoring of the client's business is a question increasingly controversial, with Instagram companies Google recently causing surveys exactly how they use the data consciously or unconsciously we continuously provide them with. As we continue to document our lives online, using the Internet for everything from banking to shopping and socializing, corporate risk taking can trust the personal information we freely forgive will inevitably continue to rise.
If you are concerned about the security of data on your personal computer, a way of your defenses is to invest in a VPN service. A VPN makes it more difficult for outside users to access your information, giving you an extra layer of protection when using the Internet.
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