Negotiators at the World Intellectual Property Organization have finalized terms on a copyright treaty that would provide more book access to the world’s blind and visually impaired.
FTC Commissioner Brill Starts ‘Reclaim Your Name’ Campaign for Personal Data
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Federal Trade Commission member Julie Brill has proposed an industry-wide initiative to give consumers access to their own records held by data brokers. She envisions an online portal where data brokers would describe their data collection practices and their consumer access policies.
San Francisco paper Sues Rival Over Low Ad Rates
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The San Francisco Examiner filed a lawsuit alleging that the city's dominant daily newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, has slashed advertising prices to stifle competition.
Election 2016: How Big Data + Social Data Will Determine the Next President
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As our nation ramps up for 2016, the role of big data + social data in influencing election decisions cannot be ignored.
Cisco: Big Data Is The Network, Too
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John Chambers says the profits from Cisco Systems’ new strategy are still one to three years away. The strategy, however, is already becoming more clear: Big Data will only work if it’s delivered through the network, and that could go hand-in-hand with consolidation among companies that specialize in data analysis and networking or traditional computing.
Intel Fuels a Rebellion Around Your Data
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Intel is a $53-billion-a-year company that enjoys a near monopoly on the computer chips that go into PCs. But when it comes to the data underlying big companies like Facebook and Google, it says it wants to “return power to the people.”
Concerns Arise on U.S. Effort to Allow Internet ‘Wiretaps’
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Surveillance can be a tricky affair in the Internet age.
Introducing: Project Open Data
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Technology evolves rapidly, and it can be challenging for policy and its implementation to evolve at the same pace. Last week, President Obama launched the Administration’s new Open Data Policy and Executive Order aimed at ensuring that data released by the government will be as accessible and useful as possible. To make sure this tech-focused policy can keep up with the speed of innovation, we created Project Open Data. Project Open Data is an online, public repository intended to foster collaboration and promote the continual improvement of the Open Data Policy.
Angst over Internet surveillance detected on Hill
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Federal law enforcers say they have their hands full with criminals who skirt legal surveillance by using hard-to-wiretap services like Google and Facebook. Now they’re about to inherit a new foe in the fight: Capitol Hill.
Christian radio group faces financial hard times
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A Christian radio ministry may be facing a financial apocalypse after its predictions about the end of the world failed to come true.