John Battelle's Searchblog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The post Boulder, the World’s Most Creative City: Where I’ll Be Next Week @NewCo appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Boulder is the world’s most creative city , according to a recent study highlighted in Richard Florida’s Rise of the Creative Class – Revisted , so it makes perfect sense that NewCo Boulder has a plethora of extraordinary companies to visit during NewCo Boulder, coming to town November 18-19.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In late October, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice (the “Ministry”) issued its revised Draft Bill for the Protection of Personal Data (“Draft Bill”). The Ministry released its preliminary draft in January 2015, and the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP (“CIPL”) filed public comments to the draft on May 5, 2015. Key changes to the new Draft Bill include: adding “legitimate interest” as a basis for processing non-sensitive personal information; adding a risk-bas

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Collaboration 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

My newbie experiences overcoming overhead nerves while flying, filming and breaking blades with the Typhoon Q500 4k

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CGI

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Security risks raised by today’s hybrid IT delivery models. kathy.jacquay@…. Thu, 11/12/2015 - 03:46. Traditional on-premises IT has evolved into a hybrid model that now includes both public and private clouds in the ecosystem. Adding to the cloud dimension presents new security risks that make it even more important to adopt a cohesive and holistic security policy.

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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

On November 5, 2015, the White House released the proposed text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (the “TPP”) containing a chapter on cross-border data transfers in the context of electronic commerce. In the chapter on Electronic Commerce, Chapter 14, the TPP includes commitments from participating parties to adopt and maintain a legal framework to protect personal information, and encourages cross-border data transfers to help facilitate business and trade.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Hunton & Williams LLP announces the firm’s Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice was again recognized by Chambers UK 2016 and The Legal 500 UK 2015 guides, earning Tier 1 rankings. Chambers UK noted that the practice has a “superbly strong bench of highly experienced counsel adept at advising on the most complex of information law concerns. Particularly accomplished in guiding clients through the privacy implications of new technologies, international data transfers, and BCR applications

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

On November 9, 2015, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon issued a preliminary injunction ordering the National Security Agency to stop its bulk telephony metadata program. The preliminary injunction was issued in favor of subscribers of Verizon Wireless Business Network and comes 20 days before the program was set to expire under the USA Freedom Act.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

On November 2, 2015, Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Chairman, Tom Wheeler, indicated in an interview that the agency would take on the issue of broadband privacy within the next several months, most likely in the form of a notice of proposed rulemaking. Chairman Wheeler said that the FCC’s inquiry would look at the privacy practices of “those who provide the networks” ( i.e. , Internet service providers (“ISPs”)) and how such businesses are protecting their customers’ information.

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CGI

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

IoT – It’s more than just connecting a sensor. p.butler@cgi.com. Mon, 11/09/2015 - 04:30. There is a growing recognition by business leaders and analysts that there is more to the Internet of Things (IoT) than just connecting a remote device or sensor to an application to monitor a temperature or alarm. Even with wearable devices, expected to grow to 155m units shipped by 2019, people have been happy to just track how far they have walked or how many calories they have burned.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Law Perspectives Blog : On October 27, 2015, the Ninth Circuit held in EEOC v. McLane Co., Inc. that the EEOC has broad subpoena powers to obtain nationwide private personnel information, including Social Security numbers (“SSNs”), in connection with its investigation of a sex discrimination charge. Damiana Ochoa, a former employee of a McLane subsidiary in Arizona, filed a charge with the EEOC alleging sex discrimination (based on pregnancy), cl

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