John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 3, 2014

'The post Introducing #Climate appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. As many of you know, each year I write a set of predictions about the industry – this year, however, I had a bit of a hard time getting going. The reason? A persistent sense of “existential anxiety” around climate change. In Predictions 2014: A Difficult Year To See , I wrote: I’ve been mulling these predictions for months, yet one overwhelming storm cloud has been obscuring my otherwise consist

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 4, 2014

On April 3, 2014, Markus Heyder published an opinion piece on global privacy interoperability in the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Privacy Perspectives blog, entitled Getting Practical and Thinking Ahead: ‘Interoperability’ is Gaining Momentum. Heyder recently left the Federal Trade Commission to join the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams as Vice President and Senior Policy Counselor.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 3, 2014

On March 28, 2014, the 87th Conference of the German Data Protection Commissioners concluded in Hamburg. This biannual conference provides a private forum for the 17 German state data protection authorities (“DPAs”) and the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Andrea Voßhoff, to share their views on current issues, discuss relevant cases and adopt Resolutions aimed at harmonizing how data protection law is applied across Germany.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 3, 2014

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog : On February 14, 2014, San Francisco passed the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and became the latest national municipality to “ban the box” and limit the use of criminal background checks in employment hiring decisions. The deadline for San Francisco employers to comply with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance is August 13, 2014.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 2, 2014

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog , on March 10, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued joint guidance regarding the use of background checks in the employment context. The agencies issued two guidance documents: Background Checks: What Employers Need to Know (which advises employers on their existing legal obligations under both the Fair Credit Reporting Act and federal non-discrimination laws) and Background Ch

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 31, 2014

The recent leak of an internal memo to the former Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which was widely reported by national news media, has created a national security setback for the United States. Many are concerned that the disclosure may provide terrorists and other bad actors a roadmap for causing a prolonged nationwide blackout.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MARCH 30, 2014

'The post Else 3.31.14: Skulls, Bitcoin, AI, Souls, and Corporate Religion appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. ( image ) If you’re a reader of this newsletter , you’re in elite company. Each week I chose ten or so stories from the score or so that I save to Evernote, and I annotate them after about three glasses of wine on a Sunday night.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 1, 2014

'The post To Win The Newsfeed, Facebook Should Put Its Users In Control appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Lost in the latest Facebook kerfuffle (if you’ve missed it, read this cheeky Eat24 post , and the hundreds of articles it prompted) is the fact that we all seemed quite confused about what Facebook’s newsfeed is supposed to be.

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