Rehashing GDPR
DESPITE numerous attempts to introduce a robust data protection law that values the privacy of individuals and encourages growth, the proposed law on data protection fails to align the expectations…
Privacy leadership
IN the last couple of years, there has been a push to increase Pakistan’s overall exports on the back of Pakistan’s growing IT industry. With the growth of ‘remote work’…
The brave new world of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a concept confined to science fiction; it is a powerful force reshaping the world as we know it. From accelerating scientific discoveries to altering…
Sovereignty in the digital world
Talking about sovereignty and data protectionism in the digital world in the context of Pakistan may seem a little out of place since the country does not have data protection…
The great Indian political circus: Part – I
There are many similarities between the economic situation that India faced in the early 1990s and the one Pakistan currently faces. Last year, I wrote a series of articles that…
Privacy matters
Meta, to put it rather inelegantly, has a data non-compliance problem. That problem began in the original conception of Facebook, a social network conceived by that most anti-social of types,…
A cybersecurity solution? Malware malfunction
Remember when Trinity removed a bug from Neo’s stomach in the Matrix – what if you had a similar option to get rid of bugs/cyber threats and cyberattack on your…
Data protection
The recent Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal made us realise how much strong data protection rules are important for the society as a whole, including for the very functioning of the…
As US Congress delays on privacy, California law in focus
As US lawmakers head home without agreeing on consumer privacy legislation, a new California law is set to become the de facto national standard, potentially leaving consumers and businesses confused…
Rise of surveillance capitalism
A few years ago, after the 2008 financial crash, Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone described Goldman Sachs, that great titan of financial capitalism, as a “great vampire squid wrapped around…
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