ErnieApp CEO Isabella de Michelis is very happy to announce the name of the second winner of the March 2019 Prize Draw edition. The winner of the second IPhone XS is Davide Stramare.We would like to thank Davide for having consented to have his name and picture published on our website and by doing this […]
ErnieApp CEO Isabella de Michelis is very happy to announce the name of the first winner of the March 2019 Prize Draw edition. The winner of the first IPhone XS is Giulia Murani. We would like to thank Giulia for having consented to have her name and picture published on our website and by doing […]
In an interesting development the FTC has launched a request for information that will shed more light on certain companies’ privacy practices. The most notable trend in FTC request for information is in our view the request made on companies around data collection practices and only after data processing practices. We are immensely grateful to […]
Here is what we think of Mark Zuckerberg yesterday’s announcement on its renewed value proposition to end-users. The proclaim seems very user and privacy friendly, focusing on encryption and ephemerality. But what we read between lines looks much bigger. It’s a U-turn approach to how Facebook does business and compete in the marketplace. Up to […]
Germany will enforce European law against Facebook if it combines its Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram messaging services into a unified platform that would amount to a “monopoly,” according to the country’s justice minister. “This [plan to merge messaging services] raises major questions about antitrust and data protection,” Katarina Barley, a Social Democrat, said in a […]
Apple and Facebook are clearly very distant on privacy approach. In the wake of TechCrunch’s investigation yesterday, Apple blocked Facebook’s Research VPN app before the social network could voluntarily shut it down. The Research app asked users for root network access to all data passing through their phone in exchange for $20 per month. Apple […]
Worth reading as it shows how divided are American companies on the privacy and its impact on business models. Alex Karp, CEO of Silicon Valley-based Palantir, is slamming the tech community for what he considers a breach of its social contract with America. Big Tech is no longer delivering on its value proposition, the co-founder […]
Not a surprise that the industry starts looking into employment/workforce generated data as potentially triggering great value and reusability/monetization opportunities. Fortunately, the Accenture study preconizes for a successful data model relying on workforce generated data the expressed consent rule and the set up of a transparent gain participation scheme for employees. We @ErnieApp share such vision and […]
We read with interest one of the first Facebook investors, Roger McNamee call’s for action, published on TIME this week. We share with him a common sense of urgency that action is needed. We agree with all of his proposed lines of actions that span from adopting new enforceable privacy regulation also in US, alike […]
Jan 22, 2019 | When reading the news on the French CNIL fine on Google, we at ErnieApp believe that technology is an enabler and should never become a barrier for consumers. Privacy by design is a challenging task for IT companies and GDPR has uplifted the bar so we also understand why it’s difficult […]