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CJEU Declares the Commission’s U.S. Safe Harbor Decision Invalid

Hunton Privacy

On October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) issued its judgment in the Schrems v. Facebook case, following the Opinion of the Advocate General published on September 23, 2015. In its judgment, the CJEU concluded that: The national data protection authorities (“DPAs”) have the power to investigate and suspend international data transfers even where the European Commission (the “Commission”) has adopted a decision finding that a third country affords an adequate lev

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Global bank disruption and potential counter strategies: Moving from 'keep up' to 'step up'

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Global bank disruption and potential counter strategies: Moving from 'keep up' to 'step up'. sun.singh@cgi.com. Fri, 10/09/2015 - 10:00. In the past year or two, the pace of change has accelerated rapidly in the transaction banking industry. Disruption to business models is not far behind what we see taking place in retail banking, as competition increases, new market entrants move into traditional banking areas, such as FX and payments, and out-innovate their traditional banking partners.

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Safe Harbor Decision today!

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its ruling in relation to the Schrems case. […].

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California Attorney General’s Settlement with Houzz Inc. Requires Company to Hire CPO

Hunton Privacy

On October 2, 2015, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that her office settled a lawsuit against home design website, Houzz Inc. (“Houzz”). Houzz was charged with secretly recording incoming and outgoing telephone calls for training and quality assurance purposes without notifying its customers, employees or call recipients, in violation of California eavesdropping and wiretapping laws.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Improving public transportation with data visualization

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Improving public transportation with data visualization. kathy.jacquay@…. Thu, 10/08/2015 - 01:00. heib. Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy (HelB) is a bus operator for the Helsinki metropolitan area of Finland. Each year, their 1,000 bus drivers and 430 buses serve more than 60 million passengers, drive 25 million kilometers and consume 12 million liters of fuel.

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UK ICO Issues Largest Fine to Date for Unlawful Automated Marketing Calls

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On September 25, 2015, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) issued a fine of £200,000 (approximately $303,000) to Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd. (“HELM”) for making a large number of automated marketing calls in violation of the UK’s direct marketing laws. This is the largest fine that the ICO has issued to date in connection with automated marketing calls.

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CIPL and Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Publico Host Global Data Privacy Dialogue in Brazil

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On October 6 and 7, 2015, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP (“CIPL”), a global privacy policy think-tank based in Washington D.C. and London, and the Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Publico, a legal institute based in Brazil, will co-host a two-day Global Data Privacy Dialogue in Brazil, at the IDP’s conference facilities.

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Cyber security is everyone’s responsibility

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Cyber security is everyone’s responsibility. Anonymous. Wed, 10/07/2015 - 04:32. It’s no surprise to say that we have become a technology-reliant culture. Every organisation – whether operating in the public or the private sector – relies on technology in some way or another as part of its processes. As a result, keeping this information secure has become a focal point for organisations.

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Transforming your global trade business for the future

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Transforming your global trade business for the future. sun.singh@cgi.com. Sun, 10/04/2015 - 10:00. Trade bankers know that, in a world running at Internet speed, standing still is not an option. The scope and scale of the changes they face is ever-changing, whether in terms of regulations, customer expectations, market conditions, supply chain innovations or a multitude of other factors.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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CJEU Applies Broad Territorial Scope to EU Data Protection Law

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On October 1, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) issued its judgment in Weltimmo v Nemzeti (Case C-230/14). Weltimmo, a company registered and headquartered in Slovakia, runs a website that allows property owners in Hungary to advertise their properties. The CJEU stated that, in some cases, Weltimmo had failed to delete the personal data of the advertisers upon request, and also had sent debt collectors to some advertisers despite their earlier attempts to cancel their