Until recently, criminals were the main concern of customers using the internet to make electronic payments. The public believed that malware and hacking were the domain of people on the wrong side of the law. The revelation that many governments and their secret services – the ‘good guys’ – were also gaining access to millions of computers and other electronic devices was a huge shock.
November 3, 2014
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Until recently, criminals were the main concern of customers using the internet to make electronic payments. The public believed that malware and hacking were the domain of people on the wrong side of the law. The revelation that many governments and their secret services – the ‘good guys’ – were also gaining access to millions of computers and other electronic devices was a huge shock. So, perhaps it was not surprising that the website %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000oLinkExternalwww.dictionary.comVisit www.dictionary.comfalsehttp://www.dictionary.com/falsefalse%> declared that ‘privacy’ was the word of 2013. Companies have been aware for years that personal data is like gold. It can be mined, sorted and sold as a product. It is so valuable that companies are prepared to provide services for no charge, in return for information about the people using them. Some customers are completely happy to hand over this information, seeing this as part of the modern world. Others are more reluctant. In ‘My life, my data, my private life’, Anne-Marie Hartmann of Oberthur Technologies looks at this new business model, where the customer is the product. Described as a marketing innovation evangelist, she will give the audience insights into this increasingly critical area of business.
‘Privacy in the digital society (Secure identity, fraud, ID management)’, 9:30 - 17:00, Room 3
Hot on the heels of the 21st ITS World Congress in Detroit, Ertico - ITS Europe is already writing session proposals, contacting speakers and putting together the demonstration programme for the 2015 ITS World Congress. This will take place from 5-9 October in the French city of Bordeaux, one of the most advanced cities in Europe in terms of ITS adoption, and will have the theme of ‘Towards intelligent mobility – Better use of space’.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra will kick off the 21st ITS World Congress on Sunday, 7 September with an opening keynote speech that will address the changing transportation environment around the world as well as the rapidly evolving technology of connected, autonomous, and electric vehicles.
“Connectivity may drive more positive change for customers than any other technological innovation our industry has produced in decades,” says Barra. “Anywhere in the world that we connect cars to cars, and cars to the
Portuguese company Sernis will use Intertraffic Amsterdam 2014 to present B-Rail, a new concept of road safety barriers designed for any type of vehicle and developed to be ultra-resistant and withstand vehicular impacts.
Sernis claims that B-Rail has an absorption power and damping shock greater than conventional guard rail solutions, due to its raw material and internal structure. In addition, the barrier has a high absorption/dissipation capacity of impact energy at higher speed than conventional gua
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is to host a free webinar to inform stakeholders of its new Connected Cities Research Program.
The webinar, ‘Creating Smart Paths for Connected Cities’, is scheduled for 26 February 2015, from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm EST.
The webinar follows the release of the ITS JPO white paper, The Smart/Connected City and its Implications for Connected Transportation, which will provide a foundation for the discussion.
