Sat.Nov 10, 2012 - Fri.Nov 16, 2012

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The coming browser wars

Collaboration 2.0

Next gen browsers are the high ground on the maturing cloud battlefield, whether at individual or collaboration scale. Permissions, groups & filters configurations could be centralized in future vendor specific proprietary formats.

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German DPAs Adopt Resolutions on EU Data Protection and IPv6

Hunton Privacy

On November 8, 2012, the 84th Conference of the German Data Protection Commissioners concluded in Frankfurt (Oder). This bi-annual conference provides a private forum for the 16 German state data protection authorities (“DPAs”) and the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Peter Schaar 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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Digital preservation in the cloud - a PASIG2012 presentation

Preservica

Download a copy of this year's PASIG October 2012 Digital Preservation on the Cloud presentation here.

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SharePoint and Office (heart) Yammer

ChiefTech

An announcement about the Yammer roadmap, now part of the Microsoft family, was anticipated in the lead up to the SharePoint Conference 2012. Mark Fidelman proposed it would be " game changing ". The main points of the announcement are covered here: Microsoft Shines the Spotlight on the New SharePoint. Putting Social to Work. No surprises that Yammer and the SharePoint & Office suite will work together more closely - this is API-based, through the Yammer Open Graph.

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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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German DPAs Publish Guidelines on Data Processing Separation in the Context of Shared IT Systems

Hunton Privacy

On November 10, 2012, the German working group on technical and organizational data protection matters published guidelines (in German) on the technical and organizational separation requirements for automated data processing on shared IT systems (the “Guidelines”). The working group is part of the Conference of the German Data Protection Commissioners, which recently concluded its 84th Conference in Frankfurt (Oder).

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Sotto Discusses the Inevitability of Data Breaches in Live Interview with Bloomberg Law

Hunton Privacy

Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia interviewed Lisa J. Sotto , partner and head of the Global Privacy and Data Security practice at Hunton & Williams LLP, to discuss the recent data security incident involving Barnes & Noble stores. Sotto discussed life in the modern world of technology where there is an increased risk of data security incidents, and many companies only reach out to counsel after a data breach occurs.

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Privacy Attorneys Receive New York Super Lawyers Honors

Hunton Privacy

Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce that several privacy attorneys were named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list for 2012. For the seventh consecutive year, Lisa J. Sotto , partner and head of the Global Privacy and Data Security practice at Hunton & Williams LLP, was selected as a New York Super Lawyer. In addition, partner Aaron P.

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Data Protection Commissioners Adopt Three Resolutions at 34th International Conference

Hunton Privacy

On October 26, 2012, three resolutions were adopted by the closed session of the 34th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners and have been published on the conference website. Below we provide an overview of these resolutions. Uruguay Declaration on Profiling. The most significant of the three resolutions, the “ Uruguay Declaration on Profiling ,” directs the privacy enforcement community to consider eight factors when dealing with profiling that involves analyzing

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Court Finds Citibank Opt-Out Confirmation Text Does Not Violate TCPA

Hunton Privacy

On October 30, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that an opt-out confirmation text sent by Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. (“Citibank”) did not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Under a “common sense” interpretation, the court determined that Citibank’s opt-out text does not demonstrate the type of invasion of privacy the TCPA seeks to prevent.

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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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Election Results: Key Developments for Federal Privacy and Data Security Legislation

Hunton Privacy

Reporting from Washington, D.C., Hunton & Williams partner Frederick Eames writes: Elections have consequences. What are the consequences of the 2012 election on U.S. federal privacy, data security and breach notice legislation? We outline some key developments in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and explain how these developments might affect legislative priorities and prospects for the 113th Congress beginning in 2013.

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