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Aiming to cash in on data, European firms grapple with privacy laws
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Companies in Europe want to share the personal data of consumers with other firms or turn it into business applications without violating privacy rules, but there is no consensus on how to avoid revealing such potentially sensitive information.
Privacy restrictions in the European Union’s 2018 General Data Protection Regulation initially caused companies to reconsider whether they could cash in on personal data collected on consumers. Now, some companies are finding ways to avoid revealing that data, including consumers’ identities.
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Viruses mutate all the time, including the novel coronavirus that’s caused the global Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the changes have no apparent effect. But recent variants that have emerged in the U.K., South Africa and Brazil are causing particular concern. Studies suggest they are more contagious, and some evidence points to the U.K. strain being more deadly. An increase in infections has led to a surge in hospitalizations and deaths in England, Portugal and elsewhere. Vaccine developers are wor
Viruses mutate all the time, including the novel coronavirus that s caused the global covid-19 pandemic. Most of the changes have no apparent effect, but recent variants that have emerged in the U.K., South Africa and Brazil are causing particular concern.