September, 2018 | ALVANTIA

Data protection in the age of Big Data: an important discussion

In March 2018, an investigation by The Guardian and The New York Times revealed one of the most serious technological scandals of the decade: consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica had illegally obtained the personal data of up to 87 million users through Facebook. The data leak originated from an application called “This is your digital life”, a seemingly harmless online personality test which the consultancy firm used to search for and establish socio-political profiles thanks to Big Data, therefore predicting and influencing election results.

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13/09/2018

Fintechs: their relationship with traditional banking and regulatory authorities

As we saw previously in the first post, Fintechs (business players that combine ICT and finance) undoubtedly offer multiple advantages to consumers by positioning them at the heart of financial products and services. However, some concerns are arising with regards to regulation, supervision, compliance and security.

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06/09/2018

Software Testing: history, mission and roles

9 September is International Software Tester Day, which commemorates the discovery of the first official computer defect. The origins of the most famous incident date back to 1947, when the team in charge of working on Harvard University’s Mark II supercomputer shared the first report of an error, caused by nothing less than what is known in the computer world as a “bug”.

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03/09/2018