Are businesses prepared?

      Are businesses prepared?

Many businesses don't have any plan what to try to to and do not wish to understandthe nettle," says Mark Thompson, a partner in KPMG's privacy consultive follow.
"There's loads of information and panic around at the instant, however if businesses do not take responsibility for this at board level they'll fail.
"This can have an effect on each half their business."
And Chris Daly, chief government of the leased Institute of promoting, says: "There may be a real lack of awareness regarding this issue in our sector - hour thought it would nothave an effect on their business in the least."

GDPR specialist EMW Law believes just 29% of UK businesses have begun preparing for the change, "a shocking figure, as on average organisations need 12-15 months to prepare", the firm says.

With cyber-attacks on the rise and growing in sophistication, data breaches are becoming almost inevitable. So will your firm be able to demonstrate that it took all reasonable steps to protect personal data from this threat?

Will it be able to show that it reported any breach within the 72-hour window following discovery?

What should they be doing?

One of the reasons many businesses seem unprepared for GDPR is that they don't know enough about the data they hold, argues Rashmi Knowles, European chief technology officer at security firm RSA.

"A lot of companies don't even know where their data is, how it is being used, or what policies are in place governing how it can be used," she says.

So the first and most important task is to carry out a comprehensive data audit and make sure the top brass are fully behind this.

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Research by Sharp finds that a quarter of workers interviewed admitted to storing work information in the public cloud against company policy, two-fifths use their own devices at work, and a third take work home with them.

All these practices are potential security weaknesses.

Personal data - from customer databases to employee payroll information - may well be insecure without your firm even knowing it.

But ignorance of this will be no excuse under the GDPR.

What about sharing data?

"There are hundreds of thousands of documents online that shouldn't be publicly available," says James Chappell at security company Digital Shadows.

"Supply chains are often not looking after customer data properly."

And this is a point many companies are overlooking, warns Mr Lee.

Google to add 'news feed' to website and app

Google is adding a individualised Facebook-style news feed to its homepage - Google.com -to show users content they'll have an interest in before they search.
It will show news stories, features, videos and music chosen on the premise of previous searches by a similar user.
Users also will be able to click a "follow" button on search results to feature topics of interest to their feed.
One analyst same the move would facilitate Google contend with rivals.
"Google incorporates a robust incentive to form search as helpful as doable," sameMattia Littunen, a senior analysis analyst at Enders Analysis.
"Facebook's news feed is one amongst its main rivals. it's competitive with alternativeways in which of accessing content."
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People are able to "follow" search topics to examine them within the news feed
Google has been trialling a less complicated version of its news enclose its smartphone app since Gregorian calendar month, and its full news feed are supplementary to its smartphone apps within the USA initial.
But the corporate has currently confirmed it intends to feature the feature to Google.com too.
Google is thought for its thin homepage, which, although largely white area, has, peranalytics firm Alexa net, become the world's most-visited web site.
The feed can embody news stories from a spread of publishers, to avoid the questionable filter bubble result, wherever individuals follow solely content aligned with their pre-existing purpose of read.
"To give data from various views, news stories could have multiple viewpoints from a spread of sources... and, once obtainable, you will be able to truth check," the corporate same during a journal post.
The search big already offers some context-based data in its smartphone search app within the type of Google currently cards, however interrupted its individualisedhomepage service iGoogle in 2013.
Items within the new individualised feed is broached or clicked to launch a Google seek for additional data.
"Search ads ar additional remunerative than in-feed ads love Facebook's," samemister Littunen.
"Google's business is predicated on marketing advertising, therefore this offers them additional contact points with customers."
The company didn't discover whether or not it'd insert advertisements or sponsored posts into the feed, however mister Littunen prompt the main focus of the service was to form Google additional helpful and drive users to its alternative services.
"Google incorporates a future project of anticipating user wants. it is a move to formcertain individuals are not going elsewhere for data," he told the BBC.

Meet the 'doctors' who will talk to you whenever you like

Could health apps and chatbots eventually replace your traditional doctor?

"Let's talk about how you've been feeling over the past 30 days," says Joy. "This will help me get a sense for your current state."

Joy probes a bit deeper, asking a series of questions: Do I feel hopeless? Do I feel restless? When I respond that I'm a bit stressed, Joy offers me several de-stressing techniques.

Joy might appear to be my counsellor or my life coach, but the conversation I'm having is actually with a chatbot that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to track emotions and provide mental health support - all through Facebook Messenger.

Welcome to healthcare in the digital age, where smartphone owners have access to their very own doctors and therapists at the touch of a button.

Joy was founded by Danny Freed after one of his best friends committed suicide.

"This planted the seed for me that there must be a way technology can help anyone who is struggling with their mental health," he says.

"I had this realisation that we are tracking all sorts of data and metrics when it comes to our physical health, but next to nothing for our mental health."

He says Joy encourages people to open up about their mental health and feelings, and in return hands out relevant research-backed tips, techniques and exercises.

But how do we know if it works? Mr Freed is certainly careful not to make too many grand claims for the app.

"Joy is not a clinical or diagnosis tool," he says. "You can think of Joy more as a friend or a coach."

Perhaps aware that credibility may be an issue, Mr Freed has recently recruited a PhD student specialising in counselling psychology who is "an expert in mood disorders with extensive clinical training in providing evidence-based therapy with adolescents and young adults".

Since Facebook opened up its Messenger platform to developers in 2016, more than 100,000 bots have been built on the platform, many focused on health and mental wellbeing.

Social networks 'lead to anxiety and fear in young'

Research from anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label suggests social media is making youngsters more anxious.

Forty per cent aforementioned they felt dangerous if no one likable their selfie and thirty fifth aforementioned their confidence was directly coupled to the quantity of followers that they had.
One in 3 aforementioned they lived in worry of cyber-bullying, with look cited because the possibly topic for abuse.
One knowledgeable aforementioned youngsters were growing up in "a culture of antagonism".
The survey, of over ten,000 tykes aged twelve to twenty, prompt that cyber-bullying is widespread, with nearly seventieth of children admitting to being abusive towards another person on-line and Revolutionary Organization 17 November claiming to possess been hangdog on-line.
Nearly [*fr1] (47%) aforementioned they would not discuss dangerous things in their lives on social media and plenty of offered solely associate altered version of their lives.
"There could be a trend towards folks augmenting their personalities on-line and not showing the truth," aforementioned Ditch the Label's chief government Liam Hackett.
Instagram 'worst for young mental health'
Cyber-bullying comparatively rare, says study
It found that Instagram was the vehicle most used for mean comments.
Mr Hackett said: "Cyber-bullying continues to be one among the largest challenges facing tykes.
"Not solely is that the net redefining the climate of bullying, however additionally it'shaving clear impacts upon the identity, behaviours and temperament of its young users."
He referred to as on social networks to place a lot of resources into policing the comments folks post on-line and responding to complaints in a very a lot of timely manner.
His views were echoed by Anne Longfield, the children's commissioner for European country, World Health Organization additionally required a government investigatorto be started to mediate between the social network corporations and youngstersWorld Health Organization square measure having issues.
She additionally required "compulsory digital citizenship classes" in colleges.

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