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Big Data, Big Problems? Responsible Data Management in 2019

If 2018 taught us one thing about data collection, it would be the existence of a distinct and profound line between companies using data for good and those whose business model relies on its exploitation. As Facebook ge 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…

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…

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…

‘Unlinkable Data Challenge’ Opens with $50k Grand Prize

Think you have a clever way to unlock big public data for analysis without compromising citizens' privacy? Then the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) would like to hear from you for its "Unlinkable Da Read more…

StreamSets Balances Streaming Data Demands for Security, Access

It can be difficult to find the right balance between protecting data and utilizing it. With its new Data Protector offering unveiled yesterday at Strata Data Conference San Jose, StreamSets thinks it has found a happy m Read more…

The GDPR: An Artificial Intelligence Killer?

If anyone has doubts regarding the wave toward artificial intelligence, a quick read of this post from CMO.com should erase those doubts. Consider some highlights: In the immediate future, execs are looking for A Read more…

Five Tips for Winning at Data Governance

By now, you've hopefully realized that having a great data analytics strategy also requires having a good data governance strategy. After all, if your data is ungovernable, then the analytics you're running atop it will Read more…

Keeping Your Models on the Straight and Narrow

Organizations of all stripes have adopted predictive models to help drive decision-making. But an increased reliance on machine learning can quickly turn into an expensive liability if bias, privacy, and other concerns a Read more…

Is Your Smartphone Spying On You?

That little phone in your pocket or purse is generating a massive amount of data – much more than you probably realize. And thanks to services offered by the phone makers and network providers like Apple and Verizon, i Read more…

What’s Challenging in Big Data Now: Integration and Privacy

It's been said many times before, but it's worth stating again: big data presents large opportunities for improving business and society, but it also involves sizable computing challenges, as well as moral challenges. A Read more…

Geo Data Vendor Draws Civil Rights Scrutiny

Social media data feeds being packaged by location-based analytics platform vendors and recently marketed as police surveillance tools are drawing fire from a leading U.S. civil liberties group who insists the technology Read more…

Human Insight Is Key To Utilizing Data

For some, the big data revolution represents a clear progression toward a new (and inevitable) way of seeing the world. Like the driverless cars that pilot themselves down I-280 during morning rush hour in San Mateo Cou Read more…

Smart Billboards Powered by Data Analytics

If you thought it was a coincidence that a digital billboard displayed an advertisement for a handbag you just checked out at a high-end retailer downtown, think again--that digital billboard advertisement was, indeed, m Read more…

Why Apple Isn’t Biting on ‘Data for Discounts’ Model

Apple is the most valuable company in the history of the world, with millions of loyal customers using its devices and software to communicate and connect to the Internet. Despite being in prime situation to mine its cus Read more…

Security Concerns Extend to ‘Big Data Life Cycle’

The "datafication" of modern life is now measured in the quintillions of bytes of data generated by humans each day. The struggle to store, manage and retrieve the waterfall of data has also highlighted a growing list of Read more…

‘Data and Goliath’ A Portrait of Big Data Abuses

A new book by security expert Bruce Schneier is raising serious questions about the state of privacy in the big data age, and whether giving corporations and government access to the most intimate details of our lives in Read more…

Will Big Metadata Rat You Out?

Data scientists are usually taught to be cautious with personally identifiable (PII) data and take pains to ensure that it's properly anonymized and aggregated for authorized uses. But as MIT researchers recently showed, Read more…

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