Tag: data protection
What digitization should and shouldn’t do
Frankfurt Everybody sees everything. The data group records and evaluates the thoughts and actions of each individual – and praises or stigmatizes them. Delaney Wells, the main character in Dave…
Why data protection has to take a back seat
3G in Görlitz Employees should disclose their vaccination status. (Photo: dpa) There was no shortage of unreasonable demands on citizens in the corona crisis. For almost an entire school year,…
Who will be Max Zuckerberg’s successor on Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg The 37-year-old has renamed his company “Meta”. (Photo: Bloomberg) Vaccinated and tested Europeans have finally been able to travel to the USA again since Monday. This will tighten…
Manufacturers want to market information from cars centrally
Berlin The German automotive industry has specified how it plans to collect data in the vehicles it sells in the future and sell it to third parties such as insurance…
Europe needs containment strategy against Facebook
Europe column Every week Moritz Koch, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because…
Popular investment app Robinhood attacked by hackers
Robinhood The trading platform fell victim to a hacker attack. (Photo: dpa) new York . The stock and crypto investment broker Robinhood has been the victim of a cyber attack.…
Why an EU law could exacerbate the fake news problem
Frances Haugen before the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee The Facebook whistleblower warned of exceptions in the DSA. (Photo: dpa) Brussels You seldom hear so much mutual respect in a…
Dispute over Jens Spahn’s e-patient file
Berlin There is one thing with health records: there is the index card with the family doctor. And one more in each additional practice. X-rays and vaccination records are already…
China’s government is reorganizing the data market – with consequences for companies
Camera and flag A comprehensive set of rules is intended to protect the personal data of people in China. (Photo: dpa) Beijing In a historic upheaval, the Chinese government is…
Facebook abolishes controversial facial recognition system
Facebook In the past few years, the network had already scaled back facial recognition, which was introduced more than ten years ago. (Photo: dpa) Providence Facebook wants to stop its…
TikTok owner ByteDance is repositioning itself
Beijing The Chinese Internet company Bytedance, operator of the well-known short video service Tiktok, is reorganizing itself. According to a letter from company co-founder and Bytedance CEO Liang Rubo to…
Unmasking of Hildmann informant: lateral thinker in the judiciary
Atilla Hildmann In February, an arrest warrant was issued against Hildmann – because of the risk of fleeing. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Attila Hildmann knew that the public prosecutor was after…
Facebook’s new name: Meta in the stock check
Mark Zuckerberg has received a lot of criticism in the past few weeks. One of the reasons for this was the whistleblower affair of a former Facebook employee. She accused…
SAP has a member of the supervisory board dismissed – the court agrees
SAP headquarters in Walldorf The affair about a member of the supervisory board dragged on for several months. (Photo: imago images / R. Wittek) Dusseldorf The affair about a high-ranking…
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp: the Facebook group will be called Meta in the future
Mark Zuckerberg The Facebook founder spoke via video at a company conference. (Photo: AP) Menlo Park The Facebook group is giving itself a new name. The umbrella company via services…
A new name alone will not be enough
Facebook Like the other tech companies Google, Apple and Microsoft, Facebook also wants to create a larger ecosystem and thus exert an even greater influence. (Photo: AP) Facebook is expected…
looking for allies
Berlin There are months in the making of a decision for Deputy EU Commission President Margrethe Vestager. Her two largest reform projects, with which she wants to limit the power…
Mark Zuckerberg gets lost in media criticism
Mark Zuckerberg The Facebook CEO sees the revelations about his company as a targeted campaign. (Photo: AP) Things are not going well for Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg. A number of…
Hackers paralyze the automotive supplier’s IT systems
Eberspächer in Esslingen The exhaust manufacturer fell victim to a cyber attack. The IT systems and telephone connections are impaired. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Baden-Württemberg auto supplier Eberspächer fell victim…
Facebook’s advertising business continues to be very lucrative
San Francisco, Düsseldorf Facebook disappointed when it presented its quarterly figures for the months July to September. With sales of around 29 billion US dollars, revenues were just below the…