by CDO Review Staff | Feb 26, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech, Deals
Team ACET (Adams Communication & Engineering Technology) and its partner, Gemedy (an AI software company), have been selected by the Department of Defense to supply technical services for its Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Information Analysis...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 26, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech, People
Kevin Davis, formerly of tech companies Splunk and Oracle, is moving to AI and data analytics platform Databricks as its new vice president heading the public sector division. Davis brings more than 25 years of experience to his new job. Here is a report from...
by CDO Review Staff | Feb 26, 2019 | Chief Data Officer, Civic Data & Tech
A committee in the Hawaii state legislature has approved the introduction of new bills that would create the position of Chief Data Officer and the establishment of a task force to develop manage data policy for the state. Lucas Ropek reports on the bills taken up by...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Chief Data Officer, Civic Data & Tech, Data Privacy & Security
A security hole exposed the private tweets of some Android users between November 3, 2014 and January 14, 2019. Twitter has since corrected the security flaw but it may still face an investigation from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). The EU’s GDPR allows...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech, Data Privacy & Security
A fleet of 14 NYPD drones whose sensors can see and record people’s lives even behind walls is getting some pushback from privacy activists who want greater guarantees that the NYPD will only use these technologies in lawful ways. Albert Fox Cahn and Vanessa Gibson...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech, Data Privacy & Security
Australia is demanding that their law enforcement authorities be given the ability to crack the encryption of all phones, including the iPhone, in order to prevent crimes or terror incidents. A law requiring this of all tech companies that sell phones in Australia...
