The Weekend Dispatch

May 23, 2014

The end of the week and Memorial Day Weekend almost upon us, we of course didn’t wanted anyone to go wanting when it came to reading material. Enjoy the links below and have a great weekend!

• A nice rundown via Sam Greengardof Baseline, on the new report from the Executive Office of the President: “Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values”

o http://www.baselinemag.com/analytics-big-data/the-white-house-tackles-big-data-and-privacy.html

• Interview from the Catherine Hoof the Washington Post, with data privacy lawyer Sarah Bruno.

o http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/lawyer-for-handm-diesel-and-dvf-talks-data-privacy-issues/2014/05/11/9736aa52-d61a-11e3-8a78-8fe50322a72c_story.html

• European courts continue to push Google on privacy issues, particularly removing from search engines, content deemed “inadequate, irrelevant, or no longer relevant.” Interesting to see if that ruling has any ramifications of privacy here in the States.

o http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/google-take-down-requests-europe-ruling-source-article-1.1792323

• NSA Reform Bill passes the House and heads to the Senate

o http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nsa-house-spying-20140522-story.html

• Larry Page’s Google Comeback – Great Longform Read

o http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-the-untold-story-2014-4

• The Password: More Important Than Ever

o http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303851804579557821243874870?mod=trending_now_4

Johnny Craig – Sales Associate