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10 Big Data Trends to Watch in 2019

We seek ever more data for a good reason: it's the commodity that fuels digital innovation. However, turning those huge data collections into actionable insight remains a difficult proposition. Organizations that find so Read more…

A Personal Data Discovery Solution Powered by ML

Thanks to GDPR and other data regulations, companies are required to have a certain degree of insight and control of the data they collect and store about individual people, or risk paying hefty fines. But getting the ne Read more…

Data Breaches and Abuses Abound, But Regulatory Appetite Appears Lacking

The holiday season brought no respite from the recent spate of data breaches that have compromised the private data of millions of Americans, with Marriott International bearing the brunt of the bad news. However, despit Read more…

Six Months In, GDPR’s Impact Uncertain In the U.S.

We've barely scratched the surface on the impacts of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the far-reaching European Union law that went into effect six months ago. As European law enforcement organizations prep Read more…

Financial Services Firms Have Successfully Modernized IT Despite Heavy Regulation, and You Can, Too

Financial services organizations constantly seek to accelerate their time to insights because it can deliver significant benefits to the organization. Examples abound where data truly changes the business for the better: Read more…

Cockroach Labs Rolls Geo-Location DB Service

Database vendors are increasingly focusing on the lack of enterprise expertise for handling distributed SQL databases by offering managed services. Among the challenges in implemented “global” databases is compliance Read more…

Analysts Get A Guiding Hand

It can be tough knowing what you can and cannot do in analytics. While it may be possible to build a query that considers a person's race during a credit check, it is also illegal (not to mention unethical). Now data cat Read more…

Google Extends BigQuery Reach Across Europe

Google Cloud is extending the reach of its BigQuery data warehouse deeper into Europe, enabling users to store data and perform analytics in the countries where they operate. Regional availability of data storage and Read more…

From NSA Whistleblowers to Analytics Entrepreneurs

A pair of NSA analysts who blew the whistle on the spy agency’s misuse of their security and privacy controls have come out of retirement to form a startup providing data analytics services based on a proprietary “de Read more…

So Far, GDPR Compliance is Uneven

Compliance with new European data privacy regulations was spotty in the first three months after the rules took effect at the end of May, with an estimated 70 percent of global companies failing to comply with requests f Read more…

We’re Months Into GDPR. So, What’s Next?

Facebook recently lost $120 billion in market cap in a single day, citing three reasons for its Q2 earnings miss and lowered earnings expectations: the Cambridge Analytica scandal, global currency fluctuations and the Ge Read more…

‘Dark Data’ Continues to Stymie Analytics Efforts

Not only is there way too much data flying around organizations, but those charged with keeping track of it often don’t know where critical data is located. What’s more, new European data privacy rules are making tha Read more…

Now Hiring: Data Protection Officer

With GDPR now in effect, companies will need to ensure ongoing compliance, which may include appointing a data protection officer (DPO). In the United States and Europe alone, that translates to an estimated 28,000 new D Read more…

California’s New Data Privacy Law Takes Effect in 2020

California Governor Jerry Brown last week signed one of the toughest data privacy laws in the nation. The new law, California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, has been compared to the European Union's General Data Protectio Read more…

Ethical Data Science Is Good Data Science

There’s no doubt about it: The future will be machine driven, and central to this future are the advanced algorithms, which are fueled by the data they’re trained on. Every ad you see, every car driving itself, every Read more…

Google, KPMG Partner on Cloud Analytics, GDPR Compliance

Google is partnering with consulting firm KPMG International to offer a range of cloud computing, AI and analytics technologies along with assessment and compliance features tied to new European data privacy regulations. Read more…

Data Regulation D-Day Arrives: Final Thoughts on GDPR

Finally, after years of waiting, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect tomorrow, dramatically changing the rules for what you can and can't do with the personal data of European citizens. Here ar Read more…

Danger and Difficulty Temper Data’s Huge Potential

It has been called the new oil, the new currency, the new religion. It is data, of course, and it's having a monumental impact on how we build business systems in the 21st century. However, for all the potential benefits Read more…

Ensuring Iron-Clad Algorithmic Accountability in the GDPR Era

Artificial intelligence’s “black boxes” are about to be blown wide open, whether or not the data science world is ready for it. That’s because AI’s algorithmic models are in the bullseye of the European Unio Read more…

Four Ways To Derive Value From Your GDPR Investments

As organizations worldwide are scrambling to comply with the requirements of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the sheer amount of time and money being in spent in preparation for the loom Read more…

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