Last week, Apple launched a refreshed privacy website to better educate customers on how the company works to protect the user’s personal data across all of its products and services, as well as opening up a system for U.S. users to request all of their data from Apple. A few months ago, if you wanted…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent tech, IoT, and data security news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 8/27-8/31. Proposed changes to the International Fire Code (IFC) could be costly for ITAD processors Craig Boswell, HOBI’s president, discusses how a proposed international fire code could effect electronic recyclers. Earlier this year,…
With the internet now controlling or being linked to nearly everything that we do. it’s time we take a look at the latest trends and their effects on GDPR and everything IoT. The internet of things is one of the most significant technological revolutions of our lifetime. It has the potential to transform almost every…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent technology, e-waste, GDPR, and data security news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 4/23-4/27. Study Points Out the Benefits of E-scrap Economies A recent report compares the cost of e-scrap processing against virgin mining, and their findings seem to indicate recycling is the more efficient…
With just more than a month left, companies are still rushing to become compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect May 25. However, many organizations that will be affected by the GDPR seem to only be focused on the storage of personal data when there is so much more…
The following is a weekly recap of the HOBI blog during the week 2/05-2/09. TheWorld’s Biggest Mobile Phone Market is Shrinking For a while, it seemed like the Chinese smartphone market was an infinite growth machine. However, after eight consecutive years of growth, the world’s biggest mobile phone market is beginning to show signs of…