John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 27, 2014

'The post Programmatic Needs Context appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Today Digiday published a piece I wrote about the lack of context in the display advertising marketplace. Check it out, I’ve posted it below as well for posterity. — Before the rise of programmatic buying and “audience retargeting,” most quality brand media was purchased based on a very particular contextual signal –- even if the market didn’t really call it that.

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Robert's Db2

MAY 30, 2014

I worked recently with some IT people who were themselves engaged in the development and enhancement of a high-volume application that accesses DB2 for z/OS data by way of stored procedures (the client side of the application communicates with the target DB2 system via the distributed data facility, also known as DDF). Various actions implemented and plans formulated by this IT team serve to effectively illustrate some important points regarding the nesting of DB2 stored procedures ("nesting," i

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Elie

MAY 30, 2014

Worries about big data and privacy are all over the news, but our new research shows that big data can also help better understand users' privacy concerns.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 30, 2014

On May 30, 2014, Google posted a web form that enables individuals to request the removal of URLs from the results of searches that include that individual’s name. The web form acknowledges that this is Google’s “initial effort” to give effect to the recent and controversial decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Costeja , widely described as providing a “right to be forgotten.

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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

MAY 24, 2014

As the next in our series of “back to privacy basics”, we look at the rules regarding privacy governance. As […].

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 29, 2014

On May 28, 2014, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper nominated Daniel Therrien as the next Privacy Commissioner of Canada. If approved, Therrien would take over from the interim Privacy Commissioner Chantal Bernier, who has been serving in this role after the previous Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart’s term ended in December 2013. Therrien is currently Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the Public Safety, Defence and Immigration Portfolio at the Department of Justice.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 29, 2014

Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has listed the firm’s Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice in Band 1 in the 2014 Chambers USA guide. This is the seventh consecutive year the firm was top ranked in this category. In addition, partner and chair of the firm’s Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group Lisa Sotto again was recognized as a “Star” performer (the guide’s highest ranking) for privacy and data security.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 28, 2014

On May 14, 2014, Hunton & Williams’ Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group hosted the latest webcast in its Hunton Global Privacy Update series. The program provided a global overview of some of the most debated topics in data protection and privacy, including cross-border data flows, global data breach issues and the EU Cybersecurity Directive.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 27, 2014

On May 16, 2014, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the members of the Virginia Cyber Security Commission, including the appointment of Hunton & Williams LLP’s Paul M. Tiao. Tiao, one of eleven citizen members elected to the group, is a partner in the firm’s Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group. “The cybersecurity issues facing both the Commonwealth and the nation are substantial,” said Tiao.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 27, 2014

On May 23, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection sent a letter to the court overseeing the bankruptcy proceedings for ConnectEDU Inc. (“ConnectEDU”), an education technology company, warning that the proposed sale of the company’s assets raises privacy concerns. ConnectEDU’s assets include personal information collected from students, high schools and community colleges in connection with the company’s website and affiliated services.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 27, 2014

On May 22, 2014, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 3361 , a bill aimed at limiting the federal government’s ability to collect bulk phone records and increasing transparency regarding decisions by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (“FISC”). The bill was approved by a vote of 323-121 by majorities of both Democrat and Republican members of the United States House of Representatives.

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