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The New Zealand government has announced it will be assessing how government agencies are using algorithms to analyse data, hoping to ensure transparency and fairness in decisions that affect citizens.
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A joint statement from Minister for GovernmentRead more: NZ to perform urgent algorithm 'stocktake' fearing data misuse within government
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The federal government has announced the interim chair of the Consumer Data Right's Data Standards Body as former managing director of IBM Australia Andrew Stevens.
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The Data Standards Body, which falls under the responsibility of the CSIRO'sRead more: Former IBM Australia MD tapped for chair of government's new Data Standards Body
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Contrary to what the FBI told the public, we now know that instead of 7,775 encrypted smartphones proving stumbling blocks[1] to FBI criminal investigations, there are no more than 2,000.
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Over the last sevenRead more: FBI inflated encrypted device figures, misleading public
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Optus has been ordered to pay AU$1.5 million in penalties by the Australian Federal Court, after having been found to make misleading representations to its fixed broadband customers about their shift to the National Broadband Network (NBN) hybrid...
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Intuit reported solid third quarter financial results Tuesday thanks to healthy sales over the 2018 tax season. The personal and small business financial software maker reported a net income of $1.2 billion, or $4.68 per share.
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If you’ve ever been incarcerated, it’s never easy to escape your past. In Los Angeles, it may be even harder.
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The Los Angeles Police Department is one of dozens of cities across the country that’s trying- Written by: J D
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More than three dozen civil rights organizations, led by the ACLU, sent a letter [1]to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, demanding his company stop providing government agencies with facial recognition technology.
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The letterRead more: ACLU tells AWS: Stop selling facial recognition tools to the government
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Burden or opportunity? How do businesses see new EU data privacy regulation
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There is no lack of content and information about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) out there, but most marketing professionals I spoke with about theRead more: GDPR compliant? Here's a handy five-step preparation checklist
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Thanks to cloud computing[1], the Internet of Things[2] and artificial intelligence[3], we should start to think of the planet as one giant computer, according to Microsoft chief executive Satya...
Read more: Microsoft CEO Nadella: The whole world is now a computer