Archives for March 2024

(28 March 2024) – Developed collaboratively by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), BioCatch and SSF Stöldskyddsföreningen, the report offers crucial insights into the current landscape of scam activities in Sweden as of 2024.

The findings of this report are both staggering and concerning. Notably, Swedish citizens have incurred substantial financial losses, totaling a staggering $2.75 billion, directly affecting 0.5% of the nation’s GDP. Furthermore, the report highlights that 1-in-8 Swedes have fallen victim to online scams, with a significant portion encountering fraudulent activities on a monthly basis. This alarming trend is compounded by a simultaneous decline in confidence regarding scam detection, evidenced by a notable 93% increase in scam attempts against the Swedish populace.

To read the full report, please visit https://www.gasa.org/research.

(15 March 2024) – TrustArc will join the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024 in Washington, DC during April 2-4, 2024. IAPP Global Privacy Summit is the world’s largest forum for exploring privacy and data protection law, regulation, policy, management and operations. The event is for innovative solutions to challenges information privacy professionals face every day.

The Summit keynote speaker stage has hosted top policy makers, technologists, ethicists, authors and entrepreneurs. Recent speakers have included U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Lina Kahn, author Malcolm Gladwell, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft President Brad Smith, author Margaret Atwood, and humorist/author Trevor Noah.

To see more information, please visit https://trustarc.com/future/.
To register for attending the event, please visit https://iapp.org/conference/global-privacy-summit/.