by CDO Review Staff | Apr 8, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Newly-developed algorithms can now fool text-based AI models using natural language processing (NLP) to gauge sentiment. These algorithms developed by Chen Pin Yu and Wu LingFei of IBM could modify the behavior of spam filters, fake news detectors, and sentiment...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 7, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Real data protection begins with a multi-step risk management process of which technology is an important part. Too often, people simply rely on technology and call it a day but this can turn out to be an expensive mistake. AdoLisa Ezeagu advises readers to look...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 5, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Executives of tech giants found guilty of negligently exposing the personal data of their users could face years in jail if a bill introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren gains traction in Congress. Warren’s bill covers tech companies that generate more than $1 billion in...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 5, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
The General Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended to Congress that that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) be given the power to exact civil penalties on credit reporting agencies (CRA) that fail to secure their customer records Here is an excerpt from a report...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 5, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Verizon’s newest survey reveals that while most companies know about the security vulnerabilities posed by their own mobile devices, very few are doing anything about it. According to the survey, barely one out of every ten companies employed all four basic...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 5, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Online shoe retailer Zappos wanted the Supreme Court to throw out a class action suit filed by its customers whose personal information was stolen. The Court told Zappos: no. Andrew Chung filed this report on the Zappos case for Reuters: The justices denied an appeal...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 2, 2019 | Government
Having amply demonstrated its usefulness, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics (MODA) is no longer a temporary agency. MODA was signed into the city charter last December and it is now starting to shed its “start-up” mentality. Here is an excerpt from a report...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 2, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security, Government
Citizens of Utah can rest easy that their personal data stored in third-party servers like those of Google or Facebook can no longer obtained by US government agencies except through a search warrant. Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed HB 57 into law March 28, making...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 2, 2019 | Government
Researchers have claimed that the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been using photos of dead people, abused children, and visa applicants to test facial recognition software. The NIST has denied possessing pictures of the victims of child...
by CDO Review Staff | Apr 2, 2019 | Government
The NYPD confirmed in March that it has been using an algorithmic machine learning software since December 2016 to sift through police records to find patterns and stitch together similar crimes. Called the Patternizr, the software algorithm performs the thankless job...
