privacy
January 13th, 2021 | by
Alfred Siew WhatsApp is learning that you can lose customers as fast as you win them virally, thanks to privacy concerns on its new usage...
January 5th, 2021 | by
Alfred Siew However you see it, the fact that TraceTogether contact-tracing data can be used by the police looks bad. This is not how you build...
May 18th, 2020 | by
Alfred Siew People should be asking is what types of data will be collected and how it will be handled and used, so that they can evaluate their...
February 25th, 2020 | by
Alfred Siew By looking through and adjusting your Facebook ad preferences, you can reduce the number of annoying ads that think they know you....
June 6th, 2019 | by
Grace Chng Sign-in With Apple is a smart approach to privacy for the company since its profitability does not rely on centrally harvesting user...
April 16th, 2019 | by
Alfred Siew Only 23 per cent of Singapore consumers believe that their personal data will be treated in a trustworthy manner by organisations offering digital services, according to a new study out today. The lack of trust here, lower than...
August 23rd, 2018 | by
Alfred Siew The complexity of IT systems is the underlying reason for successful cyber attacks, when hackers are let through and private data is...
February 18th, 2018 | by
Louis Teo With more information shared online, the risk of losing one's privacy goes up as well. Here are four ways to mitigate the...
February 14th, 2017 | by
Alfred Siew Privacy is one of the topmost concerns among the digitally active in Singapore, who also want the authorities make organisations more transparent and upfront about how they use the information they...
February 26th, 2016 | by
Alfred Siew Almost as a side note to how great this new satellite tracking technology is, the authorities have told people not to worry so...
October 15th, 2014 | by
Alfred Siew Clearly the threat has increased and a change of mindset is needed for users to keep attackers at bay....
September 22nd, 2014 | by
Desmond Koh Singapore users are worried about privacy but fail to do enough to keep their personal information safe, according to a report put out by Trend...
August 22nd, 2014 | by
Alfred Siew In making previously dumb devices smart, we are also exposing them to the same risks faced by PCs and...
February 16th, 2014 | by
Alfred Siew If there was any doubt how serious the problem was, there's now a statistic that surely proves that Singapore users are inundated with unsolicited marketing messages and calls on their...
August 23rd, 2013 | by
Alfred Siew Many decisions in the years ahead, you fear, will be made on a loose correlation rather than a strong connection among various sets of...
May 15th, 2013 | by
Alfred Siew Users of cellphones can finally say no to those annoying spam SMSes or phone calls by adding their phone numbers to a much-awaited do-not-call registry in Singapore from January 2,...
January 30th, 2013 | by
Zen Soo On Monday, the world marked Data Privacy Day, an international day that aims to raise awareness and educate people about data protection and privacy. As more users put up information about themselves online and personal devices...
December 20th, 2012 | by
Alfred Siew Both users and the company are denying reality when they set on this collision course. And if you've seen how the Internet works, things will be back to normal in...
October 16th, 2012 | by
Alfred Siew After years of being spammed by irritating SMSes to buy a house or insurance policy, Singapore's consumers will finally be able to say no to these messages with a data protection law passed for the first time...
July 30th, 2011 | by
Raymond Lau Stand aside, browser wars; a new battle is heating up between Microsoft and Google and this time, the battlefield is email. Google fired the first shot by launching a new website called Email Intervention, designed to help you...
