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Fitness v Privacy

After Strava’s scandal earlier this year on the public data of its users, a similar issue is plaguing Polar, another fitness tracking device provider. The main conclusion: ““This example demonstrates how important it is to be aware of all the consequences digital technology can have,” said the Dutch minister of defense, Ank Bijleveld, in responseContinueContinue reading “Fitness v Privacy”

Modern Apothecary

Following Amazon’s purchase of PillPack, it feels like a good time to dust off a company profile by MIT’s Tech Review back in August 2017. “Since Cohen and Parker founded ­PillPack, in 2013, the company has grown to more than 500 employees, delivering hundreds of thousands of prescriptions a month to tens of thousands ofContinueContinue reading “Modern Apothecary”

Data Governance

With the recent introduction of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR), it has become obvious that other nations, and particularly the US, have to take a step to introduce legislation that will regulate, monitor and protect consumers. Abuses such as the one unveiled a few weeks ago by Cambridge Analytica only further theContinueContinue reading “Data Governance”