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The future for “free” Subject Access Requests

Data Protector

Parliamentarians will soon be debating the merits of the Data Protection Bill, and I’m wondering whether much consideration will be given to the implications of the proposal to gift citizens with “free” Subject Access Requests. What parliamentarian might oppose such a measure? After all, what’s not to like about “free” stuff? But hang on a minute. This stuff is not “free”.

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Four space planning mistakes (and how to avoid them)

TAB OnRecord

How do we make the most effective use of space? This is a continual challenge for records managers, who are often under pressure to accommodate more documents in a fixed or shrinking storage footprint. When space becomes an issue, it is often the result of decisions or mistakes made a lot earlier. To help you… Read More. The post Four space planning mistakes (and how to avoid them) appeared first on TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord.

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When faster data science moves the world

IBM Big Data Hub

Learn how the IBM Integrated Analytics System, a unified data platform built on the IBM Common SQL Engine, helps do data science faster with high performance, embedded machine learning capabilities and built-in tools for data scientists to deliver analytics critical to increasing your organization’s competitiveness.

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The tide is starting to turn against the world’s digital giants | John Naughton

The Guardian Data Protection

Multimillion fines are just the start for Facebook and Google, as the world comes to realise how political big tech has become In his wonderful book The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began , the literary historian Stephen Greenblatt traces the origins of the Renaissance back to the rediscovery of a 2,000-year-old poem by Lucretius, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things).

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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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2016 Annual RM Report Released

National Archives Records Express

We are pleased to announce the publication of the National Archives and Records Administration’s Federal Agency Records Management Annual Report, 2016. . In 2016, we required Federal agencies to submit three reports: The annual Senior Agency Official for Records Management (SAORM) Report, the annual Records Management Self-Assessment (RMSA), and a supplemental Federal Email Management Report.

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Learning Machine Learning? Six articles you don’t want to miss

IBM Big Data Hub

Digital disruption has revolutionized the way we live and do business — and machine learning is the latest wave of that revolution.

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Getting your data out of Tinder is hard. It shouldn't be | Paul-Olivier Dehaye

The Guardian Data Protection

If you’re not a journalist or a privacy advocate, convincing big tech to release your data is almost impossible. But hope is coming with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets When a journalist approached me to help her get a copy of her personal data from Tinder, I knew this would be a good story.

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Senior Agency Officials for Records Management (SAORM) Bulletin Issued

National Archives Records Express

We are pleased to announce the release of NARA Bulletin 2017-02: Guidance on Senior Agency Officials for Records Management. The Bulletin clarifies the roles and responsibilities of the pivotal SAORM position and consolidates existing guidance into one source. The Bulletin incorporates relevant content from the joint OMB-NARA Managing Government Records Directive (M-12-18) , NARA’s Frequently Asked Questions about Senior Agency Officials (SAOs) Appointments (now superseded), and OMB Circular A

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Amazon’s HQ2 Isn’t a Headquarters. So What Is It?

John Battelle's Searchblog

The post Amazon’s HQ2 Isn’t a Headquarters. So What Is It? appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Crossposted from NewCo Shift. Everyone’s favorite parlor game is “where will Amazon go?” Better to ask: Why does Amazon needs a second headquarters in the first place? It’s the future! Rendering of Amazon’s new Seattle HQ.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.

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How to succeed in the multi-cloud era

IBM Big Data Hub

In a time when data is perhaps a business’s most valuable resource, the ability to access, protect and analyze information plays a critical role in an organization’s overall multi-cloud strategy. Here's how to succeed.

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Charities need help to get to grips with data protection changes | Daniel Fluskey

The Guardian Data Protection

A fifth of charities haven’t yet started to think about the biggest change in years to data protection. We want the government to step in A worrying number of UK charities are yet to take any steps to prepare for the new UK law on data protection. Our survey of more than 300 UK charities shows that most are taking action to prepare for the new general data protection regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect in May 2018, with major new requirements for how organisations process personal data.

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Overheating Hard Drives: Causes and What You Can Do

Record Nations

If you’ve ever had a hard drive fail you understand the pain of losing your important data. There are many ways a hard drive can fail, but here we will focus on hard drives that overheat. Learn what causes hard drives to overheat and how you can prevent it so you never lose your important […]. The post Overheating Hard Drives: Causes and What You Can Do appeared first on Record Nations.

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The Expert Institute: Best Legal Blog Nominee – Vote Now!

eDiscovery Law

We are pleased to announce that the Electronic Discovery Law blog has been nominated to participate in The Expert Institute’s Best Legal Blog Contest in the AmLaw category. Thanks to those who nominated us and to all of our readers and subscribers (sign up today!) for their ongoing interest in our blog. Voting is now open and runs through 12:00 AM on November 3rd.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Accelerating time-to-market with fabricated test data

IBM Big Data Hub

Protecting personal and sensitive data is vital. But, understanding the regulatory environment and available tools is just the first step. There are still challenges when building and managing test data environments. Here's how to overcome them.

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The Guardian view on dating apps: users must own their love lives | Editorial

The Guardian Data Protection

The wealth of information many dating apps request may help to home in on the perfect match. But users should be able to find out what is known about them and how that sensitive information is being used In the real world, asking someone out is sometimes fraught with awkwardness and tinged with the prospect of possible humiliation. One of the successes of the dating app Tinder was that it revealed only that a user liked another when the feeling was mutual.

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SEC Creates Cyber Unit to Target Cyber-Related Threats

Hunton Privacy

This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the creation of a new Cyber Unit that will target cyber-related threats that may impact investors. The Cyber Unit, which will be part of the SEC’s Enforcement Division, will seek to combat various types of cyber-related threats including: The manipulation of markets through the spread of false information; Hacking of material nonpublic information; Attacks on blockchain technology and initial coin offerings; Misconduct on the da

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Off the Record: Alternate Reality- T. Swift and Spoliation, Litigating Record Requesters

The Texas Record

Tune in monthly for a curated collection of articles we found interesting on a broad range of topics; some which are directly related to records management and others which might share common themes. No, we didn’t write these articles —hence the name of this series, “Off the Record”— , but fortunately we didn’t need to in order to share the knowledge with our subscribers.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Transforming governance in the insights era

IBM Big Data Hub

There’s a revolution taking place within information governance. This change is driven by the growing needs of business users, and the recognition that trusted, high-quality, easy-to-find data can be the differentiator that drives better business outcomes. .

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What to Do When Your Hard Drive Overheats

Record Nations

Hard drives are a popular form of storage for businesses and individuals alike. They are simple to use, easy to backup, and can hold terabytes of data. On the flip side, hard drives are also quite vulnerable to failure. Your hard drive can stop working if it’s bumped while it’s running, the electric motor can […]. The post What to Do When Your Hard Drive Overheats appeared first on Record Nations.

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CNIL Updates Privacy Seals on Governance Procedures and Training Programs to Comply with GDPR

Hunton Privacy

On September 20, 2017, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) announced that it has updated two standards on privacy seals in order to take into account the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The CNIL may issue privacy seals, which is issued with regard to a referential or standard adopted by the CNIL ( i.e. , a list of requirements that the product or procedure must satisfy in order to obtain the privacy seal).

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By: Earn Your Cybersecurity Certifications Faster - CoolGeeksClub

Cybrary

[…] the last few months, there have been a bunch of posts on OP3N and the blog that explore how to pass exams, offer complete guides on exams and showcase practice test question […].

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Face it, privacy affects us all

IBM Big Data Hub

GDPR brings into force a raising of the bar across all 28 member states of the EU across the duties, privileges and obligations on and around personal data and its protection. The scope includes anyone in the EU, long term or temporary, on and around their personal data.

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EUROPE: How the EU Privacy Regulation impacts Gaming Affiliates

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The EU Privacy Regulation will oblige gaming affiliates to comply with stringent requirements in the processing of players’ personal data. In several previous blog posts I have already discussed the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how it is going to represent a groundbreaking change in the approach to privacy compliance. This change of approach will also impact gaming affiliates, and consequently how they are selected by operators.

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How Banks Can Fight Fraud in a Post-Equifax Breach World

Rippleshot

The Equifax breach that continues to make headlines is a game-changer for the financial services space. The biggest fear, of course, remains the unknown cost impact for banks and credit unions. Inevetiably, in a breach affecting roughly half the U.S. population, the scope of this incident will be long-lasting. The end results won’t be known for some time since the real threat ahead lies in fraudsters’ ability to create false identities (AKA: synthetic fraud).

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Amazon’s HQ2 Isn’t a Headquarters. So What Is It?

John Battelle's Searchblog

Crossposted from NewCo Shift. Everyone’s favorite parlor game is “where will Amazon go?” Better to ask: Why does Amazon needs a second headquarters in the first place? It’s the future! Rendering of Amazon’s new Seattle HQ. The first and original one. . Why does Amazon want a new headquarters? Peruse the company’s RFP, and the company is frustratingly vague on the question.

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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GDPR: taking the long-term view

Preservica

I was recently invited to be part of a panel at an event in London organized by Simmons & Simmons, a leading global law firm. The theme was data protection and privacy, so naturally GDPR compliance was a hot topic amongst the 150 invited Simmons & Simmons clients that included Corporate Lawyers and General Counsels from major corporations across industries ranging from Financial Services to Technology, Media and Telecommunications.

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FRANCE: CNIL adopts new single authorization on fraud prevention systems

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

By Florence Guthfreund-Roland and Mathilde Hallé. Pursuant to several provisions of the French Code Monétaire et Financier , entities from the banking and financial sector are required to implement processes and strategies to detect, measure and manage operational risks within their group (on a consolidated basis). Fraud prevention/detection systems must be adapted to the entities’ activities and to the nature, scale and complexity of the risks inherent to their business model and organiz

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Electrification: a lottery ticket that utilities must claim

CGI

Electrification: a lottery ticket that utilities must claim. pooja.cs@cgi.com. Wed, 09/27/2017 - 07:00. Utilities face a fundamental dilemma. Due to unprecedented pressure to support the move to an energy-efficient and low-carbon system, they face the paradox of encouraging consumers to consume less of what they sell and distribute—electricity. Their efforts have been quite successful, and with energy efficiency estimated to account for 40% of the contribution to global cumulative CO2 reductions