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Security AI and automation are key in protecting against costly data breaches for retailers and consumer goods businesses

IBM Big Data Hub

The rise of online commerce over the last two decades has completely transformed the retail and consumer goods industries—and with smartphone adoption accelerating globally, the share of shopping done via the internet will only continue to expand. For retail, the average data breach studied cost $2.96

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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. Many of these photos are tagged with the identity of the people in them. This kind of technology would have many applications.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

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Keeping Up with New Data Protection Regulations

erwin

For example, many retailers have robust, data-driven e-commerce operations that are international. Smaller, more brick-and-mortar-focussed retailers may have had to start from scratch. Other industries had their own levels of preparedness, based on the nature of their operations.

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. The price tag can add up quickly. Example A digital retailer catalogs all the different kinds of customer data it holds, like names, email addresses, and saved payment information.

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: ThinkFree Portable Review

ChiefTech

This is the old ChiefTech blog. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. blog I work at Headshift , a social media and social computing consultancy, as a Senior Business & Technical Consultant.

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: The Hidden Web: Microformats and the The Next Internet

ChiefTech

This is the old ChiefTech blog. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. In the future you will boot up your shopping application of choice; maybe its open source or even provided by a retailer.