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What is social engineering?

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18 September 2020

Rebecca Shaw Product & Customer Support

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Online scams and phishing attacks are prime examples of social engineering — a technique used to manipulate people into sharing confidential or personal information.

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5 privacy considerations for indie authors

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8 September 2020

Rebecca Shaw Product & Customer Support

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While it’s never been easier to market yourself online, there are a range of data privacy laws that indie and self-published authors should be mindful of.

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4 GDPR implications for Big Data

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4 September 2020

Henry William Senior Product Manager

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While Big Data is an invaluable resource for making predictions about human behaviour and identifying future trends, it also raises a plethora of privacy issues.

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What is “device data” and why is it important?

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14 August 2020

Catherine Tan Product Manager

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Understanding the different types of personal data that should be disclosed in a GDPR-compliant privacy policy isn’t easy, especially in an online world where people are tracked in innumerable ways.

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