Sat.Mar 02, 2013 - Fri.Mar 08, 2013

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Apple finally turns HTTPS on for the app store, fixing a lot of vulnerabilities

Elie

Early July 2012, I reported to Apple numerous vulnerabilities related to their App Store iOS app. Last week Apple finally issued a fix for it and turned on HTTPS for the App Store. I am really happy that my spare-time work pushed Apple to finally enabled HTTPS to protect users.

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Not much Klout

Collaboration 2.0

'Aggregating personal data is getting harder as digital social fragments, and Twitter spam isn''t helping.

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Three Social Workflow Patterns

ChiefTech

I'm seeing the phrase 'social workflows' being bounced around with more frequency. In the past, it was a good idea to avoid the word 'workflow' in discussions about enterprise social computing because people immediately jumped to thinking about highly structured and automated workflows that you might find in a system of record or a collaboration platform, like SharePoint or Dominio/Lotus Note.

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Council of the European Union Debates Proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation

Hunton Privacy

On March 8, 2013, the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council held legislative deliberations regarding the European Commission’s proposed General Data Protection Regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”). Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, addressed the Council, noting that discussions are moving at “a fast pace” in the European Parliament with the lead committee (the Committee on Civil Liberties, Jus

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Wellcome Library shows the power of digitization to reveal the influence, insight and inspiration behind critical moments of scientific discovery

Preservica

It has been my pleasure to work with the digital team at Wellcome Library as they put Tessella’s SDB in place to manage and preserve their digital collections, so I was delighted to be able to attend the launch of the Wellcome Library Codebreakers: makers of modern genetics - [link]. This fascinating collection holds the papers of the pioneers of modern genetics, including Francis Crick, James D.

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Mobility in the workplace: Caution is ok, but don't resist it

ChiefTech

Last year I wrote a report on designing mobile apps for business. One of the themes in the report was the unavoidable relationship between an organisation's mobile architecture and the kinds of mobile apps that might be possible. However, ignoring demand from end-users wasn't an option. A year later (I started researching the report about this time) its interesting to see the observations in Symantec's 2013 State of Mobility Survey that identify 2 broad types of organisation: Innovators and Trad

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French High Council for Statutory Auditors and U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Sign Agreement for the Exchange of Audit Information

Hunton Privacy

On March 5, 2013, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that the French High Council for Statutory Auditors (“H3C”) and the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) signed a Statement of Protocol (the “Protocol”) on January 31, 2013, to govern the exchange of information, including personal data, between them. This Protocol was required by the September 1, 2010 decision (the “Decision”) of the European Commission on the adequacy of the competent authorities

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Centre Testifies at ITC Hearing on Privacy as a Trade Barrier

Hunton Privacy

On March 7, 3013, Marty Abrams, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP, provided testimony to the International Trade Commission at a hearing on “Digital Trade in the U.S. and Global Economies.” The ITC is investigating digital trade issues, including how privacy law may act as an impediment to international digital trade.

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Article 29 Working Party and APEC Discuss International Data Transfer Interoperability

Hunton Privacy

The French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) reports that in late January 2013, representatives of the Article 29 Working Party and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group (“APEC”) met in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss interoperability between EU Binding Corporate Rules and APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules governing international data transfers.

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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 Courts Rule on Works Council Independence and Deletion of Email Accounts

Hunton Privacy

Two recently-published German court decisions have clarified German employee data protection law. The decisions validate the independence of works councils in determining how to comply with data protection law and clarify when unused employee email accounts can be deleted. In the first court decision , the Federal Labor Court of Germany held that a business cannot prescribe the manner in which its works council must comply with German data protection law.

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French Data Protection Authority Launches Consultation on Open Data

Hunton Privacy

On March 6, 2013, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it launched a consultation of relevant private and public actors for the purpose of determining whether the CNIL should adopt an initiative on “Open Data.”. Open Data is a movement at the national and EU levels aimed at facilitating access to and re-use of public sector information.

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German Parliament Passes Regulation Affecting Commercial Use of Address Data

Hunton Privacy

On March 1, 2013, the German Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) passed a new registration law after insisting on a number of important amendments (in German). Among other issues covered in the bill, the new law regulates how businesses can obtain the registered addresses of individuals in Germany from Germany’s public authorities (“official address data”) and use that information for commercial purposes.

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Not much Klout

Collaboration 2.0

'Aggregating personal data is getting harder as digital social fragments, and Twitter spam isn''t helping.

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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.