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When it comes to digital privacy, the U.S. is riding in a car without a seatbelt. A poor choice with long-range impact. The tech industry could unintentionally set precedent for other industries with its frugal acceptance of regulations. Google, Microsoft, Facebook and IBM are lobbying the Trump administration for a federal privacy law in a […]

California broke away from federal norm for the second time in recent months by passing its own net neutrality bill Thursday. Senate bill 822 was passed with 61 in favor and 18 against.The legislation was proposed by Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener and is intended to prevent internet service providers (ISP) from changing how they handle […]

In this ITSPmagazine podcast episode, Sean Martin, host of At The Edge, and Selena Templeton, host of Diverse IT, are joined by Callum Corr, Data Analytics Specialist at ZL Technologies, to chat about the recent Google/FBI case in which the FBI made an unprecedented request that Google turn over the data of ALL its smartphone […]

The convergence of several interrelated functions of information management are fueling a push toward unified information governance Developments affecting the information management landscape—some recent and some taking place over many years—are spurring convergences of several different, but interrelated spaces. Such developments include regulatory pressures (e.g., new privacy regulations such as GDPR), advancements in analytics, movement […]

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COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES The financial services sector faces numerous obstacles – especially the constant change in regulations. Michael Powell, Solutions Consultant at ZL Technologies, shares insights around the four biggest compliance challenges facing the industry today and how data management can play a role in overcoming them. With a unique set of compliance […]

Despite some potential problems with widespread use of Gmail’s “Confidential Mode,” the new ephemeral messaging function can be easily managed from an information governance perspective. At first glance, the launch of Gmail’s new ephemeral messaging feature known as “Confidential Mode,” which is included in a batch of user interface updates to the service, may cause […]

Despite the increasing capabilities of information management technology and despite how long organizations have been trying to implement better information management, the most frequent question I get from clients is “How do we clean up network shares?” And despite seeming like something that should be easy to do, it is anything but that. Which isn’t […]

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect today. Here’s what some of the specialty and Hadoop platform vendors are offering to help their customers be compliant and stay that way. Today is GDPR day, the day the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect. Companies with customers in the EU […]

If data is the new oil, prices just went up, John Koetsier, a mobile economist at TUNE, a mobile marketing measurement company in Seattle, said. GDPR makes collecting data harder and more expensive, and that will have an impact on artificial intelligence. The most pain, however, will be felt by small organizations who are trying […]

With the May 25 General Data Protection Regulation deadline almost upon us, some organizations are still searching for the right talent to manage their compliance strategies. Whether an organization is looking for a data protection officer, a managed services provider, a consultant or a chief privacy officer, an understanding of GDPR’s technological challenges is essential. […]

Managing data isn’t much fun anymore. Information governance initiatives have barely begun, and already, new privacy regulations such as GDPR are adding to the challenge. Additionally, analytics are taking off, but that too poses new conflicts in both governance and compliance. If you’re like many in the industry wondering how to reconcile these complexities and […]