A policy is a principle or rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by the Board of or senior governance body within an organization whereas procedures or protocols would be developed and adopted by senior executive officers. Policies can assist in both subjective and objective decision making.
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Here’s what that WhatsApp privacy policy pop-up means for you
If you use WhatsApp, you probably spotted a pop-up on your phone sometime in the last 24 hours, suggesting that the service ...
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Facebook said It would ban holocaust deniers. Instead, its algorithm provided a network for them
Last month, Facebook announced a crackdown: The platform would no longer permit content that “denies or distorts the ...
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Facebook India’s controversial policy chief quits — will it now stop hate speech from politicians?
Facebook India's controversial policy director, Ankhi Das, has left the company in order to pursue a career in public service. ...
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A play-by-play account of Facebook's hate speech controversy in India (Updated)
Update (31/08/2020): A new report from the Wall Street Journal suggested that just before Narendra Modi won the 2014 national ...
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Facebook has been barely impacted by big advertisers' boycott — here’s why
Facebook has faced a lot of criticism over the years for failing to moderate hate speech. Its policies have come under increasing ...
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Here's how weak policies on remote education have let our teachers down
The coronavirus pandemic has led to significant disruption to school education in England. Teachers have made a concerted ...
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From the Titanic to Tom Jones' chest hair: how Lloyd’s insures the unusual
Lloyd’s has a long history of providing eccentric insurance coverage — including Will Smith’s bungee jump and Santa's ...
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How the coronavirus crisis is changing the insurance industry
COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of businesses. With viral outbreaks becoming more frequent, the market for pandemic ...
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Donald Trump is threatening to punish Twitter. Here's why everyone should take this seriously
US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday afternoon declaring social media companies to ...
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Facebook reportedly knew its algorithms promoted extremist groups, but did nothing
Facebook has long struggled with controlling extremist content on its platform. From the 2016 US elections, when Russians ...
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Podcast: How France, the Netherlands, Latvia, and the EU are supporting startups in times of crisis
There is no country that hasn't been affected by the coronavirus. A major topic of concern that will affect not only individual ...
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Twitch is finally getting the Safety Advisory Council it desperately needs
Twitch, in an effort to help fix its problematic community, has put together a council of streamers and experts. Now let's ...
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Here's everything European businesses need to know about California's data legislation
European businesses are understandably preoccupied with the coronavirus pandemic, but they need to be ready to comply with ...
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5 signs your company culture won’t beat the pandemic
Correcting bad company culture may not seem like a priority during a crisis, but this is exactly the right time to focus ...
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Why it’s almost impossible to insure these 5 emerging technologies
We’re exposed to risk every day. From crossing the road to using our phones on the toilet. Every decision is a gamble and, ...
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No clue how to handle coronavirus as a startup founder? Here's what we're doing
Helpful templates on how to deal with the coronavirus epidemic for startups, coworking spaces, and companies of any size. ...
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TikTok encouraged moderators to suppress content from those deemed ugly, poor, or overweight
Chinese video-sharing app TikTok once instructed its moderators to hide posts created by users it deemed to be ugly, poor, ...
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Facebook uses its ad policies to block apps that compete with its dating service
Facebook Dating was always doomed to be as dystopian and inhumane as a speech from Mark “I'm not a robot, I swear it” ...
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3 things startups need to consider before buying insurance
Startups can be among the riskiest businesses to insure. That’s because they operate in new markets and often with untested ...
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The EU isn't particularly fond of Canada's anti-piracy laws
The European Commission isn't particularly happy with Canada's copyright policy (or the lack thereof) — and it's got some ...
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YouTube now bans 'veiled threats' against content creators
It's that time of year for looking back and seeing what happened in 2019. And given that YouTube was raked over the coals ...
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India's IT minister conflates deepfake with fake news — and that's naive
A lot of countries and states are forming, or thinking about forming policies around deepfake content. However, a question ...
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Danish bank staff banned from buying Bitcoin with their own money — urged to dump holdings
A Danish bank has successfully won a court case that means it can now prevent its staff from buying Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. ...
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Google employees protest suspension of two activist colleagues
Googlers are planning a rally today over the suspension of two activist employees who were put on leave for speaking out ...
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Facebook must remove fake Bitcoin ads featuring Big Brother creator or pay $1.2M
The billionaire creator of the 'Big Brother' television format, John de Mol, has been successful in forcing Facebook to take ...
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The EU is coming after big tech again — this time for political ads
The EU is said to be considering new political ad regulations so that "people know who is behind the campaigning, who pays ...
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We've got to regulate the application of AI — not the tech itself
Regulations around the application of AI could prove vital in the future, while focusing on managing the tech itself is a ...
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How to opt out of Revolut's data sharing policies
Revolut, like a lot of tech companies, shares data about its users with third parties. But you can opt out of that if you ...
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Facebook employees object to the company’s policy of allowing lies in political ads
Facebook employees issued an open letter urging Mark Zuckerberg to rethink the company's strategy for regulating paid political ...
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US Fed Reserve: Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ dream faces core legal, regulatory challenges
The US Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said yesterday that Facebook must overcome a “core of legal and regulatory ...
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Twitter details what world leaders would have to do to be banned
Twitter today revealed its list of rules specific to world leaders, and exactly what they can and can't do. It also revealed ...
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This is how CIOs should approach ethics and privacy
CIOs and IT directors must oversee appropriate data management while enabling their organizations to turn this information ...
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The IRS’ latest cryptocurrency tax guidance shows it still doesn’t get it
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued updated guidance for calculating taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings yesterday. ...
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Period tracker apps caught sharing sensitive health data with Facebook
Popular period tracker apps used by millions of women are sharing sensitive information such as monthly timings, contraception ...
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Report: TikTok censored posts about Trump, Christianity, and LGBTQ relationships
TikTok's 500 million users aren't there to fight about politics, troll their enemies, or shitpost for lolz. They're mostly ...
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ICE is on the hunt for a new DevOps company thanks to a software engineer's protest
Open-source technology company Chef has finally decided having a relationship with the US government isn't worth alienating ...
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Facebook hires lobbying firm to help sweet talk cryptocurrency regulators
It seems Facebook's so-called "cryptocurrency" Libra needs a helping hand, as it's hired a specialist firm to lobby Washington ...
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Google's new policy forbids employees from having 'raging debates' over politics
Google used to be the epitome of young, smart, techy culture. Its offices have always been lauded as a workplace where free ...
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Researchers propose aggressive new method to eradicate online hate groups
A team of researchers from George Washington University and the University of Miami recently published the results of a study ...
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Anti-abortion groups found a way around Google's new ad policy
A report from the Guardian found that Google’s policy has a loophole. This means anti-abortion centers are able to continue ...
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Bitcoin traders in Israel fight bank lockouts with petition, lawsuits
Israel's Bitcoin traders have simply had enough. They want to be able to deposit money generated by selling cryptocurrency, ...
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Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo join forces against lootboxes
The three big console makers have just pledged to put an end to the "gambling" aspect of lootboxes, meaning the gaming industry ...
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Google will remove shady data-stealing Chrome extensions starting October 15
Google has said its new policy for Minimum Permission and updated User Data policy will be enforced starting October 15, ...
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Instagram will kindly let you know you’ve F’ed up before banning you
Instagram has just introduced a new policy that’ll notify you if your account is at risk of getting banned. The social ...
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Neuroscientists scanned radicals' brains to determine what makes them turn violent
The young man sitting in the waiting room of our neuroimaging facility wearing skinny jeans and trainers looked like a typical ...
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EU lawmakers need to look beyond the ‘top layer’ when regulating the internet
Brussels policy makers could be forgiven for wanting to move quickly to regulate ‘the internet.’ Assailed by an avalanche ...
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YouTube clumsily tries to rectify its confusing anti-harassment policies (again)
YouTube has said it will reexamine its harassment policies and update them in "consultation with experts, creators, journalists ...
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Twitter's simplified policies won't help fix its underlying abuse problem
Twitter has updated, reorganized, and shortened its rules to make it clear for users to understand what is and isn't acceptable ...
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Naked protestors redress Facebook's prude nudity policy
Yesterday, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) announced that Facebook will reconsider its nudity guidelines. ...
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Twitter 'accidentally' blocked accounts of China dissidents ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
Twitter has apologized after it suspended hundreds of accounts that were critical of Chinese government, days ahead of the ...
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Google’s new policy update cracks down on misleading anti-abortion ads
This week, Google announced its plans to crack down on misleading advertisements from anti-abortion groups that present themselves ...
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Facebook finally takes steps to limit abusive live streamers
Today, the social network introduced a new 'One strike' policy to ban users who violate its community guidelines. It's introducing ...
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WeChat quietly bans cryptocurrency fundraising
The Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp, WeChat, has updated its terms of service to ban merchants from fundraising by using tokens ...
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Africa's mobile-based healthcare initiatives need regulatory and community support - not just funding
As a community health worker tasked with tracking infant vaccinations in Kenya, Collince Oluoch was overwhelmed by ...
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Big tech’s ‘ethical guidelines’ are no substitute for real regulation
Data ethics is now a cause célèbre. “Digital ethics and privacy” shot into research and advisory company Gartner’s ...
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I failed supporting my female co-founder — here’s how I try to do better
I always thought of myself as an enlightened, progressive man. Maybe I didn’t exactly paste the word “feminist” on ...
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The Netherlands premieres the first GDPR fining policy in the EU
GDPR made a lot of noise last year, but we've yet to see any real enforcement. The new Dutch policy could signal a change. ...
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The US Army wants us to pretend autonomous tanks aren't killer robots
Killer robots? Are you going to throw that in the Army's face everytime you have an argument? You're being irrational. Look, ...
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YouTube's need to disable comments highlights how shitty the internet is
YouTube has disabled comments on millions of videos featuring minors, in an effort to prevent predatory behavior in the comments ...
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Twitter finally banned misgendering transgender people
Last month, Twitter banned misgendering transgender people as a part of a wider update to its hateful conduct policy. The ...
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Here’s how face recognition tech can be GDPR compliant
Ah, face recognition, that nifty little feature that's already making the still new fingerprint scanners (kind of) obsolete. ...
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Tim Cook supports EU’s strict privacy laws — but thinks taxes are 'crap'
Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, gave a keynote at ICDPPC where he called for better data policies in tech and lauded EU's GDPR. Unfortunately, ...
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6 reasons why municipalities are getting hammered by cyberattacks
More and more municipalities are becoming victims of hacks. For example in the US, the first half of 2018 has seen many major ...
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Bill Gates and the EU announce a €100M investment fund to combat climate change
Bill Gates has signed an agreement with the EU, on behalf of his billionaire investment coaltion, to launch a joint €100M ...
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Without coaching our privacy, does Google even have a business?
Google is on a seemingly-ceaseless crusade to turn every one of its users into an open book that it can exploit for valuable ...
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Twitter's new policy aims to eradicate 'dehumanizing speech'
Twitter today announced it'd be altering its hateful conduct policies to prohibit "dehumanizing speech." By doing so, it ...
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Amazon will no longer give you price adjustment refunds (except for TVs)
Most people shop on Amazon because of its large catalog and competitive pricing – prices so good that sometimes, they drop even ...
