E-commerce Security

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal Dive into Agentic Era with Tools that Help Consumers ‘Use AI to Buy’

Payment providers are banking on the fact that millions of people will soon rely on AI to find the perfect sweater, research…

Google Calls Off Cookie-Crumbling Efforts Amid Shifts in Privacy Landscape, Antitrust Trial

Since 2019, Google has been working on plans to eliminate, or at least minimize, the use of digital tracking cookies on its…

Adopting a Holistic Security Mindset for Ecommerce

Ecommerce cybersecurity and fraud prevention are almost always handled by different teams, but that doesn’t mean they’re completely independent activities. When customer…

Is China Taking Over the (Cyber) World?

Western countries have long dominated ecommerce and digital marketing, yet China’s influence in these areas has been growing rapidly in recent years….

Why Brands Need to Get (More) Serious About Battling Counterfeit Products

The problem of counterfeit products remains, paradoxically, both enormous and under the radar. One big reason: given how widespread, global and (by…

Cookies are Here to Stay, But Retailers Can Still Differentiate with Data Privacy

To kick off this discussion about privacy, let’s start with a little quiz. When you see the data privacy pop-up at a…

Klarna Adds Login that Gives Consumers Control Over Which Data Points They Share

Payments platform Klarna has expanded its “Sign in with Klarna” service to 23 countries, including the U.S. and UK, following a test…

Temu Lawsuit Targets Counterfeit Apps and Lookalike Online Marketplaces

Editor’s note: On Nov. 20, 2023, Temu won a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for Arizona preventing the owners of…

Amazon, Expedia, Glassdoor Launch Coalition to Fight Fake Reviews

Some of the biggest names in online commerce have formed the Coalition for Trusted Reviews, a cross-industry collaboration seeking to define best…

NRF Plans for Cybersecurity in 2023

The National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) are teaming up to improve retail…

Retailers Need to Close Active Directory Security Gaps

Retail operations are an increasingly popular target for cybercriminals. The growth of online shopping, self-checkout systems, point-of-sale transactions and other digital processes…

EBay Eliminates 500 Jobs to ‘Create New Roles in High-Potential Areas’

EBay plans to cut 500 jobs, or approximately 4% of its workforce, according to a filing with the SEC. The cuts are…

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