Digital collision

Author: Ricardo Tavares
Published: 2018-02-14

Three core digital governance models are colliding in today’s world. They are deeply rooted in the politics of digital policy making in three parts of the world—China, the European Union, and the United States. Open the news and you can feel the friction: Apple, the company that negated helping the FBI to access a terrorist’s iPhone data in the San …

Data privacy survey results defy conventional wisdom

Author: Ricardo Tavares
Published: 2017-08-16

When we set out to research the data privacy practices of video service providers in Europe, Latin America and the U.S., we expected to find the most intensive use of personal data from subscribers to pay-TV services in the U.S. In my experience, whenever and wherever data privacy is under discussion, it is automatically assumed U.S. cable and telecom operators …

The five core elements of data privacy

Author: Ricardo Tavares
Published: 2017-07-12

TechPolis’ research on personal data privacy, done in partnership with Castlebridge for video technology company Verimatrix, has revealed five core elements of data privacy policies. Combined, these elements form the backbone for privacy policies that empower subscribers of digital services to manage their personal data, making them explicit partners in big data analytics—which will ultimately benefit both customers and companies. …