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Creating such a custom-made experience requires collecting personal data - and when considering the criticism massive tech companies are garnering for their misuse of sensitive information - mobile app developers must prioritize data privacy and compliance. Data privacy and security and the mobile app creation process.

Privacy-centric communications specialist Proton, best known for its ProtonMail encrypted email platform, has announced the appointment of web daddy Sir Tim Berners-Lee to its advisory board. "I'm delighted to join Proton's advisory board and support Proton on their journey," Sir Tim said of the appointment.

Does your company need a head of data privacy, a data breach response plan, blockchain technology or something else to keep its data safe? Here are some challenges and recommendations. I wrote about Data Privacy Day to provide some tips and best practices in January, but it takes more than one day a year to properly focus upon data privacy.

More than half of wireless subscribers polled were extremely or somewhat satisfied with the security offered by their mobile operators, according to a mobile security survey released by Global Wireless Solutions. Even in this heightened cyber threat environment, 57% of wireless subscribers across the big U.S. mobile operators - AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile- expressed satisfaction with the mobile security being offered.

Apple is temporarily hitting the pause button on its controversial plans to screen users' devices for child sexual abuse material after receiving sustained blowback over worries that the tool could be weaponized for mass surveillance and erode the privacy of users. In August, Apple detailed several new features intended to help limit the spread of CSAM on its platform, including scanning users' iCloud Photos libraries for illicit content, Communication Safety in Messages app to warn children and their parents when receiving or sending sexually explicit photos, and expanded guidance in Siri and Search when users try to perform searches for CSAM-related topics.

Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner has hit Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp with a €225 million administrative fine for violating the EU's GDPR privacy regulation after failing to inform users and non-users on what it does with their data. EU data regulators can impose maximum GDPR fines of up to €20 million or 4% of the infringing company's annual global turnover - whichever is greater - for violating EU's privacy laws.

Apple has unveiled the first eight states that will roll out digital IDs and drivers licenses on its mobile devices, despite critics' concerns that the introduction of purely digital forms of identification will raise privacy, security and equanimity issues. To assuage security fears that come with storing people's identity on its devices, Apple is asserting that state DLs and IDs stored in Wallet on iPhone and Apple Watch will "Take full advantage of the privacy and security" built into the devices, the company said.

Expert: Information management can also lead to a massive value proposition in being able to tap into governed data for business insights. TechRepublic's Karen Roby spoke with Kon Leong, CEO and co-founder of ZL Technologies, a data management company, about data privacy and governance.

72% of consumers said they would be uncomfortable purchasing insurance without speaking to a human being, and 64% would be uncomfortable filing claims on a website or app without human interaction. The survey also found that consumers value privacy more than potential savings.

Using data gathered by its Privacy Checker website, Kaspersky has been able to pinpoint areas of concern for visitors seeking to improve their privacy posture. Using data gathered over nearly two years, Kaspersky said that its Privacy Checker website indicates that most visitors are concerned over mobile operating system privacy and the privacy of their data captured by Google.