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FTC Warns Foreign-Based App Developer of Potential COPPA Violations

Hunton Privacy

On December 22, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it notified China-based BabyBus (Fujian) Network Technology Co., Ltd., (“BabyBus”) that several of the company’s mobile applications (“apps”) appear to be in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (the “COPPA Rule”). In a letter dated December 17, 2014, the FTC warned BabyBus of potential COPPA violations stemming from allegations that the company has failed to obtain verifiable parental consent prior to its ap

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Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) applies to Software January 15

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Earlier this year we told you that Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) is not just for Canadians. CASL is also not just […].

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DB2 for z/OS: Time to go Bold and Big with System z Memory

Robert's Db2

With 2015 right around the corner, many people are probably starting to ponder their new year's resolutions -- the things they aim to do with a fresh set of twelve months. To the usual line-up of action items ("I will get in shape," "I will read more," "I will eat more fruits and vegetables," etc.), I would suggest that you add the following: "I will be bold in using memory for the production DB2 for z/OS systems I support.

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FinCEN Assesses Penalty Against Former MoneyGram Compliance Officer

Hunton Privacy

On December 18, 2014, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a $1 million civil penalty against Thomas E. Haider, the former Chief Compliance Officer of MoneyGram International, Inc. (“MoneyGram”). In a press release announcing the assessment, FinCEN alleged that during Haider’s oversight of compliance for MoneyGram, he failed to adequately respond to thousands of customer complaints regarding schemes that utilized MoneyGram to defraud consumers.

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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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Industry, Privacy Advocates Join Microsoft to Protect Customer Emails in Foreign Servers

Hunton Privacy

On December 15, 2014, Microsoft reported the filing of 10 amicus briefs in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals signed by 28 leading technology and media companies, 35 leading computer scientists, and 23 trade associations and advocacy organizations, in support of Microsoft’s litigation to resist a U.S. Government’s search warrant purporting to compel the production of Microsoft customer emails that are stored in Ireland.

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