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News alert: Wisner Baum lawsuit alleges joint spyware scheme by Google, Meta, H&R Block

The Last Watchdog

The suit comes on the heels of a July 2023 congressional report which found “a shocking breach of taxpayer privacy” when tax preparation companies shared millions of customers’ personal and financial information with Meta and Google, which used that information to create targeted ads. Los Angeles, Calif.,

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Delivering responsible AI in the healthcare and life sciences industry

IBM Big Data Hub

There are many elements required to earn people’s trust, including making sure that your AI model is accurate, auditable, explainable, fair and protective of people’s data privacy. Created by a respected Tennessee pharmaceutical firm, Elixir Sulfanilamide was a liquid medication touted to dramatically cure strep throat.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

But right now, pure AI can be programmed for many tasks that require thought and intelligence , as long as that intelligence can be gathered digitally and used to train an AI system. Generative AI can produce high-quality text, images and other content based on the data used for training. We’re all amazed by what AI can do.

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New Cybersecurity Directives (NIS2 and CER) Enter into Force

Hunton Privacy

However, the concept of an “essential entity” is much broader and will also capture many organizations that have, to-date, not been subject to the NIS regime—for example, pharmaceutical companies and operators of hydrogen production, storage and transmission. Reporting of incidents.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached

IT Governance

Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Data breaches. Financial information.

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The benefits of AI in healthcare

IBM Big Data Hub

Artificial intelligence is used in healthcare for everything from answering patient questions to assisting with surgeries and developing new pharmaceuticals, benefitting both patients and healthcare systems. How does artificial intelligence benefit healthcare? Also, that algorithm can be replicated at no cost except for hardware.

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EU: NIS2 enters into force

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

To that end, management will need to follow specific and regular cybersecurity trainings. In contrast to the previous regime, both essential and important entities are subject to the same set of obligations.