by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
A record fine of almost $57 million has been levied upon Google after French regulators determined that the company violated the EU’s tough data privacy laws. A report on Googles’ predicament was published by Bloomberg: In its ruling, the regulator alleged that Google...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
The Big Tech-sponsored Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) recently released a document called ‘A Grand Bargain on Data Privacy for America’ in an effort to sway federal legislators into pushing a bill that would dilute or even remove data privacy...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Apple CEO Tim Cook once again highlighted the need for stronger data privacy laws in an op-ed he wrote for Time Magazine this January. Cook stressed the need for comprehensive federal privacy legislation to stop companies like Google and Facebook from abusing their...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech, Data Privacy & Security
California’s The Nonprofit Alliance is worried that its members may be unfairly targeted by the state’s tough new privacy rules which took effect early this January. The group wants an amendment to the law that specifies an exemption for nonprofits over the matter of...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Chief Data Officer, Civic Data & Tech, Data Privacy & Security
Unwilling to wait any longer for the federal government to act, legislators in Washington State are pushing for tougher rules and greater protections over the personal data that tech companies gather on their consumers. Companies that fail to comply with the proposed...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
If you’re on any social network, you’ve likely seen friends posting side-by-side pictures comparing themselves now vs. ten years ago. It’s fun. But the viral 10-Year Challenge making the rounds on social media could also pose a security risk to...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Jobs and Salaries
Switzerland-based data scientists receive the most lucrative deals from their employers but their higher pay compared to the rest of their colleagues in Europe may be due to the substantially higher cost of living in the landlocked country according to recruiting firm...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
The OPEN Government Data Act, which was passed by Congress near the end of 2018, was signed into law by President Donald Trump on January 14. The legislation requires that the federal government commit to releasing its valuable data sets to the public in a...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Tools
When the decision to take the plunge into AI is made, the next question will be whether to buy a ready-made AI solution or to create one in-house. There is no simple solution to this question as the answer must be tailored to the exact needs and capabilities of your...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 28, 2019 | Tools
Data scientists have plenty of tools to find pattern matching in time series. But these tools can be difficult to work with. A team of researchers from the Nova University of Lisbon and Fraunhofer AICOS have come up with SSTS (Search In Time Series), an innovative...
