Acuant 2020 Predictions: The Year Digital Identity Takes the Stage

2019 was quite a year – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was proven a success, and as a result ushered in a surge of individual U.S. state data privacy laws. Data breaches continue to be on the rise, with the number of attacks up 54 percent in the first six months of 2019 compared to the previous year. And the tech industry took a beating – with companies like Facebook and Twitter under fire for their stance on political ads and lack of security controls for data privacy.