The season of holiday gift buying is upon us, and it can be hard to resist the coolest new tech gadgets. But not all items are created equal when it comes to privacy, experts say. In the US, there are few limits on what companies can do with your data, […]
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In this episode of the McKinsey on Start-ups podcast, McKinsey executive editor Daniel Eisenberg speaks with McKinsey partner Martin Harrysson and associate partner Rikki Singh about responsible product management in the technology sector. An edited transcript of their conversation, which took place earlier this year, follows. To hear more […]
Beauty retailer Sephora was fined $1.2 million by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and is the first-ever California Consumer Privacy Act enforcement action. At the heart of the matter is Sephora allegedly misrepresenting its actions to California consumers (saying that it did not sell consumer personal information despite the fact […]
Most people have at least a vague sense that someone somewhere is doing mischief with the data footprints created by their online activities: Maybe their use of an app is allowing that company to build a profile of their habits, or maybe they keep getting followed by creepy ads. It’s […]