Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 37 | Page 20

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

PROTECTING USER PRIVACY IS NOT OPTIONAL

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Online services face increasing public pressure to protect their visitors ’ private data . This is reflected in many new data privacy laws around the world .

Headlines tell us daily of new data breaches and enormous losses of sensitive Personally Identifying Information (“ PII ”). While the need to protect user data from cybercriminals is increasingly obvious , online services must also ensure their policies , partners , and practices minimize data collection and safeguard PII .
In this article we ’ ll look at how hCaptcha helps to protect PII from outside attackers and unintentional abuse within your organization . otherwise compromise user privacy . The use of bots to provide automation is a vital and common ingredient among these techniques . Because bots are so heavily used by attackers , their very resence is a key indicator of a potential attack that could compromise user privacy . To understand this , let ’ s look at how fraudsters operate to steal and exploit PII . Two methods are common : Account Takeovers ( ATO ) and New Account Fraud .
How is User Privacy Compromised ?
Outside Attacks on User Privacy Online fraudsters use many techniques to discover , steal , abuse , and
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