Tag: mobile security

This project has determined that about half of websites and mobile apps share this personal info.

An international project focused on online and mobile security has now released the results of an analysis that it conducted on 1,494 apps and websites around the globe, and they determined that over half are collecting and sharing the personal information of children.

This issue may be very worrisome to parents who are increasingly allowing their children to use mobile apps.

In fact, among the apps and websites that were analyzed by the mobile security project, 67 percent were collecting the personal information of children. Moreover, 50 percent of the analyzed sites and applications were sharing the personal information that they collected from children with other organizations. The project was taken on by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN). This analysis was conducted as a part of a broader annual privacy sweep and the numbers that they found with regards to what children were able to share with websites and apps were insightful.

This could represent a major mobile security issue of which parents had been previously unaware.

Among the key findings of the analysis by the GPEN were the following:

• 71 percent provided no opportunity for parents or children to delete account information
• 67 percent of sites and mobile apps were collecting personal information from kids
• 58 percent presented the opportunity for a child to be redirected to another website
• 32 percent had implemented effective controls to restrict personal information collection from kids
• 50 percent shared with third parties the personal information collected from children
• 24 percent encouraged the involvement of parents
• 23 percent contained features that allowed for the uploading of pictures or videos
• 22 percent presented an opportunity for a child to enter his or her telephone number

The GPEN has opted not to publish the list of sites and apps that were studied in this mobile security analysis. That said, it has been underscored, the majority of sites and apps collect and share this information for the purpose of targeted advertising and not for dubious reasons. Equally, the high importance of teaching children about online and mobile privacy was also stressed.

Safety and security is critical to any country’s prosperity. Public safety is all about right information to the right person at the right time to keep the surrounding safe. This can be achieved by using mobile broadband, which is a transformational technology. Mobile broadband is the introduction of next generation of wireless data technology in the mission-critical field applications, equipping people with the best real-time data, video, voice or other forms of tactical communication, and rich media services. Ambulance crews can send vision of an injured person to doctors at a hospital so that an early diagnosis can be made and treatment can be started as quickly as possible. Police officers responding to an incident can actually have access to video and information about the scene they are about to walk into. Fire personnel can also have information about the environment they are working in real time, being able to pull down maps, information, images of the building of the suspects, and more information in the hands of people who are actually doing the job, enabling them to give their best during the critical times.

Global Mobile Broadband market in public safety to grow at a CAGR of 7.81 percent over the period 2013-2018.

Covered in this Report

The Global Mobile Broadband market in public safety can be classified into two major segments based on user category: Private Sector and Public Sector. The market is segmented on the basis of public safety by application: Vehicle Surveillance, Medical Telemetry, GIS, Natural Calamity and Disaster Management, and Video Surveillance. The market is also segmented on the basis of solution: Services, Devices, Equipment, and Network and Infrastructure.

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Global Mobile Broadband Market in Public Safety 2014-2018, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the North America, Latin America, the EMEA, and the APAC regions; it also covers the Global Mobile Broadband market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Key Regions

APAC
EMEA

Key Vendors

General Dynamics
Harris
Inmarsat
Intelsat
Iridium Communications
Motorola Solutions

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Other Prominent Vendors

Alcatel-Lucent
Alvarion
Cassidian
Cisco Systems
Ericsson
Firetide
IBM
Iridium Communications
Inmarsat
Lockheed Martin
Mesh Dynamics
Netmotion Wireless
Nokia Siemens Networks
Northrop Grumman
Tata Advanced Systems

Market Driver

Evolution and Acceptance of LTE Technology
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Market Challenge

Lack of Interoperability among Public Safety Networks
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Market Trend

Demand for User Devices Supporting both LMR and LTE
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Key Questions Answered in this Report

What will the market size be in 2018 and what will the growth rate be?
What are the key market trends?
What is driving this market?
What are the challenges to market growth?
Who are the key vendors in this market space?
What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?