Hunton Privacy

MAY 26, 2016

On May 26, 2016, the European Parliament approved a resolution calling for the European Commission to reopen negotiations with U.S. authorities on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”), and to implement the recommendations of the Article 29 Working Party (“Working Party”) on the draft Privacy Shield adequacy decision. The Working Party had previously published its recommendations in an Opinion regarding the draft decision issued by the European Commission on adequacy of the protection pr

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CGI

MAY 26, 2016

Managing the regulatory risks of cybersecurity: An evolving regulatory landscape. Anonymous. Fri, 05/27/2016 - 00:37. Financial institutions in the U.S. are well aware of the business risks related to cybersecurity but there are an increasing number of related regulatory risks that also need to be addressed. The combined and increased focus of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on cyber

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 27, 2016

Today, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) announced its report of findings against Compu-Finder, a Quebec-based company that offers […].

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ForAllSecure

MAY 24, 2016

Aside from our cool research , ForAllSecure also works on creating fun and engaging games to promote computer security. Just about every employee in our company has been involved in Capture the Flag exercises for the past several years, and we have been hosting these online events for our customers for about 3 years now. One of our big dreams is to see these types of contests gain in popularity, similar to how e-sports grew.

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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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Hunton Privacy

MAY 25, 2016

On May 25, 2016, Max Schrems stated that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (the “DPC”) is expected to bring legal proceedings before the Irish courts concerning international data transfers under EU Standard Contractual Clauses. In an unofficial statement to the Irish press, a representative of the DPC confirmed the DPC’s intention to seek declaratory relief in the Irish High Court and to recommend that the case be referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) for a prelim

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Robert's Db2

MAY 25, 2016

I have written in this blog a few entries about various DB2 for z/OS ZPARM parameters, including a post on DSMAX and another on EDM_SKELETON_POOL. Time for another such entry, this time focused on the parameters that determine when a DB2 subsystem will perform checkpoint processing. Checkpointing is an availability-enhancing mechanism that is related to DB2's deferred write functionality.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 24, 2016

Aside from our cool research , ForAllSecure also works on creating fun and engaging games to promote computer security. Just about every employee in our company has been involved in Capture the Flag exercises for the past several years, and we have been hosting these online events for our customers for about 3 years now. One of our big dreams is to see these types of contests gain in popularity, similar to how e-sports grew.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 27, 2016

On May 24, 2016, the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) presented its Annual Report for 2015. The annual report provides an overview of the EDPS’ primary activities in 2015 and sets forth key priorities and challenges for 2016. During 2015, the EDPS focused on ensuring the adoption of a new and effective data protection framework, providing recommendations for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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CGI

MAY 27, 2016

Time and tide waits for no man – IoT in Insurance. p.butler@cgi.com. Fri, 05/27/2016 - 07:25. Table. Time and tide waits for no man. This old saying could also be applied for what is happening in the insurance market with IoT and that given the drive behind IoT in both the consumer and business markets. Given what IoT enables both customers and insurers to understand about themselves and the things they interact with (in near real time) the impact will be huge and it's more likely to be a case

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MAY 26, 2016

The Internet of Things (IoT) – creating a whole new ‘place’ in marketing. p.butler@cgi.com. Thu, 05/26/2016 - 04:36. Table. “The traditional model we all grew up with is obsolete”. Jim Stengel, global marketing officer, P&G. My mobile phone finally gave up last week. I’ve had it for ages. For such a ‘simple’ lifestyle device, the options are many. Sim-only or contract?

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 26, 2016

As we previously reported , the Supreme Court’s decision in Spokeo v. Robins has been nearly universally lauded by defense counsel as a new bulwark against class actions alleging technical violations of federal statutes. It may be that. But Spokeo also poses a significant threat to defendants by defeating their ability to remove exactly the types of cases that defendants most want in federal court.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 25, 2016

On May 24, 2016, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published priorities for preparing for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The ICO’s priorities for issuing guidance to assist organizations with GDPR preparation are split into three phases. Phase 1 – Familiarization and Key Building Blocks. This phase focuses on issuing guidance to help organizations understand the key differences between the EU Data Protection Directive and the GDPR.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 24, 2016

Aside from our cool research , ForAllSecure also works on creating fun and engaging games to promote computer security. Just about every employee in our company has been involved in Capture the Flag exercises for the past several years, and we have been hosting these online events for our customers for about 3 years now. One of our big dreams is to see these types of contests gain in popularity, similar to how e-sports grew.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 23, 2016

On May 23, 2016, half of the EU Member States sent a letter to the European Commission and the Netherlands (which holds the rotating presidency), seeking the removal of barriers to the free flow of data both within and outside the EU to benefit the EU from new data-driven technologies, according to Reuters and EurActive.com. The countries behind the letter include Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and S

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