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Someday, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, "Information"; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it.
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Maybe Edward Snowden Works for Google, or Facebook, or Microsoft, or One of those Guys
Ok, probably not. But consider who benefits from all the attention the NSA thing is getting. Answer: all those other organizations that collect information about you. We discussed this previously here at Big Data and the Law. The NSA gets … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Edward Snowden, NSA, Privacy
Tagged big data, Edward Snowden, NSA, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy, The Day We Fight Back
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Senate Continues Data Broker Investigation – Talk of Data Privacy and Security Legislation
Senate Investigation On December 18, 2013, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing titled, “What Information Do Data Brokers Have on Consumers, and How Do They Use It?” Following up, Committee Chair Senator Rockefeller has now … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Data Brokers, Data Security, Policy, Regulation
Tagged big data, data brokers, data security, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, policy;
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A Marketing Expert Thinks Business should Take Privacy Seriously – and that You Don’t Understand how Your Privacy is Being Violated
I don’t know enough about marketing to know who is a real marketing expert, but Jonathan Salem Baskin seems to be a big deal in the marketing business. He writes for Forbes and Advertising Age and consults a lot. Look … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Privacy
Tagged big data, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy
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NSA Loses One, Wins One – Interesting Differences in the Courts’ Reasoning
After the NSA’s loss in the D.C. District court, the NSA has a win in the Southern District of New York. Here at Big Data and the Law we’ve dialed it back for the holidays, so haven’t yet spent much … Continue reading
Google, Facebook, AOL, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo to U.S. Government: Stop Collecting Personal Information – That’s Our Job
As you likely know, Google, Facebook, AOL, Twitter, LinkedIn, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo are suddenly concerned about our privacy. They have all signed on to an open letter to the President and Congress, in which they say: We understand that … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, NSA, Privacy
Tagged AOL, Apple, big data, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, NSA, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy, Reform Government Surveillance, Twitter, Yahoo
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Privacy, Poverty and Perspective
The largest encampment of homeless people in the United States is in the Silicon Valley. Given the level of homeless in the area, perhaps that shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. The proximity of that homeless camp to Sand … Continue reading
Google Wins Book Scanning Suit – Don’t Get Too Excited
A quick and necessarily imprecise summary of the Google case is (i) Google indexes books and gives the public access to the indexes, and (ii) copyrights have expired with respect to some of the indexed books, but not all of … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Copyright, Fair Use, Google Books
Tagged big data, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Fair Use, Google Books
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That Nondisclosure Agreement Just Cost You Your Business
There are a lot of nondisclosures signed every day. How many are read before they are signed? Not all of them. When they are read, how often do the readers think through how the terms of the nondisclosure relate to … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Confidentiality, Contracts, Trade Secret
Tagged big data, confidentiality, contracts, form agreements, intellectual property, nondisclosure agreements, trade secret
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We Need a Code of Ethics for Data Professionals
This isn’t one: Don’t be evil. We believe strongly that in the long-term, we will be better served-as shareholders and in all other ways-by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short-term gains. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Data Professionals, Ethics
Tagged big data, culture, data professionals, ethics, personal conduct, Tech Culture
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The Internet of Things Strikes Again – FTC Settles with Rent-to-Own Spies
So these rent-to-own businesses were using the computers rented to their customers to spy on the customers. See the FTC notice of settlement here. Not just the webcam, as was the case in situations we discussed earlier. In this case … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Data Security, Federal Trade Commission, Privacy
Tagged big data, data security, FTC, personal information, personally identifiable information; PII;, privacy
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