Data brokers have been under increased scrutiny lately – from Congress, the press and joined again this week by the Federal Trade Commission, which released a 109-page study of nine data brokers entitled Data Brokers: A Call For Transparency and Accountability (the “Report”). which examined nine data brokers to determine the types and scope of personal information data collected. What […]
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NIST to Launch Big Data Working Group
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”), which we’ve written about at length in the past in connection with its ongoing data security and cloud computing related work, announced the formation of a Big Data Working Group today, with a “kick off” conference call this Wed., June 19, from 1-3pm EDT. The group is […]