With technology such as chatbots can bring comfort and utility, they also raise significant concerns about emotional dependency, data privacy, and potential manipulation
Data privacy
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Artificial intelligence
Why Middle East business needs a fresh approach to data leadership in the age of AI
Taking data seriously starts at the top
Astroturfing
Inside the shadowy business of reputation management
Through shadowy schemes and unethical tactics like strong-arming search algorithms or slipping cash to media to vanish vitriol, reputation fixers promise to wipe dirty slates clean for a price
Data privacy
Saudi Arabia introduces new personal data protection law
The new data protection system will come into force from Thursday, September 14
cybersecuirty
Meta’s Threads app collects 50% more personal data than X: Report
Mark Zuckerberg’s new social media app, Threads, collects more personal information than you think, data suggests
Cyber criminals
Meta’s Threads: Replica apps emerge as criminals take advantage of EU social media users, experts warn
Cybercriminals capitalise on the popularity of Meta’s new app Threads to scam users, commit identity theft, create fake a cryptocurrency and take advantage of EU users
Australia
TikTok users spend over $5.5m every day on in-app purchases
The popular social media application recorded 246.9 million downloads in 2023
Australia
TikTok faces ban on some devices in Australia
The move comes amid concerns that TikTok poses a national security risk, and that it could be used for foreign interference by the Chinese government
ByteDance
TikTok fined $16m over children data violation
The breaches allegedly happened between May 2018 and July 2020
chatbots
How will ChatGPT impact the hospitality industry in the MENA region?
the potential of ChatGPT is huge and the boundaries of what it can do are still being discovered
ByteDance
US government threatens to ban TikTok if Chinese owners don’t sell their stake
The Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, which oversees national security risks, unanimously recommended the divestment
Cyber Security
WhatsApp data leaked as nearly 500 million user records go on online sale
The database contains the private information of WhatsApp users from 84 countries
Apple
Meta sued for violating Apple’s privacy rules to ‘snoop’ on users
Two Facebook users accused Meta for ignoring Apple’s 2021 privacy rules, violating state and federal laws
Data privacy
Meta fined $400 million for failing to protect children’s privacy
The commission alleges that Instagram failed to protect children’s privacy when switching to business accounts; It’s the third fine on a Meta-owned company by the Irish
Brand View
The four pillars of digitalisation in the public sector
Governments are treating data as a key asset in planning, delivering and predicting public services, believes Mohamad Majid, Partner at KPMG Lower Gulf
blockchain technology
Why ‘socially responsible’ data centres need to be a cornerstone of the region’s digital economy
Middle East data centre planners should be aware that today’s data centres use up an Olympic swimming pool every two days
cyber attack
Dragos: Jump-start your organisation’s OT cybersecurity and execution
Arabian Business explores Dragos’ Year in Review report on ICS/OT cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and incident response observations launched to address the looming ICS/OT threat landscape