John Battelle's Searchblog

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

'The post else 11.18: “We can see it, we can feel it, because we’re already almost there.” appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. This week, we talk about rights to data, nuance in the tech debate, and some interesting developments in the wearable sensor world. As always, if you want to keep up with what we’re reading/thinking about on a weekly basis, the best way is to subscribe to the “else” feed, either as an email newsletter or through RSS.

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Collaboration 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

'We need a clear out of dotcom era style hype and froth in order to better focus on building next generation digital enterprises.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

On November 14, 2013, the Minister of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (the “Minister”) announced that Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the “Act”) would be going into effect as of November 15, marking the end of years of postponements. The following features of the law are of particular significance: The law applies only to the processing of personal data in commercial transactions (in effect, private sector transactions, though not including credit reporting a

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CGI

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

CMOs and CTOs should play nice. Anonymous. Fri, 11/22/2013 - 00:48. Chief Marketing Officers and Chief Technology Officers need to play nice to maximise the benefits that the Digital world offers. In the Digital world in which we now live where we are constantly in touch with everyone and everything in our lives, Marketers have found they are in a position to, and are also expected to do more than they could previously.

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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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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

It was recently reported that supermarket giant, Tesco, is launching face scanning technology at petrol stations in order to show […].

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

On November 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada declared the Alberta Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) invalid because the legislation interfered with the right to freedom of expression in the labor context under Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the “Canadian Charter”). The case arose in the context of a labor union representing employees of a casino in Alberta.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

'The post Why The Banner Ad Is Heroic, and Adtech Is Our Greatest Artifact appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Every good story needs a hero. Back when I wrote The Search , that hero was Google – the book wasn’t about Google alone, but Google’s narrative worked to drive the entire story. As Sara and I work on If/Then , we’ve discovered one unlikely hero for ours: The lowly banner ad.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

As reported by Bloomberg BNA , Mexico’s Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection (“IFAI”) recently issued data security guidelines that implement the security provisions of the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties ( Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares ).

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Brazilian lawmakers, including José Eduardo Cardozo, the Minister of Justice of Brazil, and Ideli Salvatti, the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, held several consensus-building meetings with party leaders over the past two weeks to reach a voting agreement on the Marco Civil da Internet (“Marco Civil”), a draft bill introduced in the Brazilian Congress in 2011.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

On November 4, 2013, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, which is the Chinese regulatory and administrative authority for the insurance sector, issued the Interim Measures for the Management of the Authenticity of Information of Life Insurance Customers (the “Measures”). The Measures require life insurance companies and their agents to ensure the authenticity of personal data of life insurance policy holders.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

On November 19, 2013, Hunton & Williams’ Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group hosted the second webcast in its Hunton Global Privacy Update series. The program focused on the latest updates regarding the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“Proposed Regulation”), including a discussion of the European Parliament’s recent approval of its Compromise Text for the Proposed Regulation.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The Luxembourg data protection authority ( Commission nationale pour la protection des donées , “CNPD”) has stated that it will not investigate complaints relating to the alleged involvement of Microsoft Luxembourg (“Microsoft”) and Skype Software S.a.r.l. and Skype Communications S.a.r.l. (collectively, “Skype”) in the PRISM surveillance program. The PRISM surveillance program involves the transfer of EU citizens’ data to the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

On November 12, 2013, two companies (the “Defendants”) that provide consumer background reports to third parties, including criminal record checks agreed to an $18.6 million settlement stemming from allegations that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) when providing these reports to prospective employers. The plaintiffs alleged that the Defendants, in violation of the FCRA, failed to (1) provide consumers with copies of their consumer reports prior to providing the reports to pr

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Collaboration 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

'We need a clear out of dotcom era style hype and froth in order to better focus on building next generation digital enterprises.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2013

'We need a clear out of dotcom era style hype and froth in order to better focus on building next generation digital enterprises.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

On November 19, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission held a workshop in Washington, D.C. to discuss The Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World. FTC Chair Edith Ramirez and FTC Senior Attorney Karen Jagielski provided the opening remarks. Chairwoman Ramirez raised three key issues for workshop participants to consider: The Internet of Things will result in increased data collection, amplifying the importance of simplifying choices and giving control to individuals with just

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