Location Data Is Not Anonymous
The world of public data is scary for Steve, even when the data is aggregated. It appears that keeping information private is becoming harder, and perhaps, impossible.
2021-10-04
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Data Privacy and Protection
Tracking, Privacy, and Lots of Data
Apple has implemented some privacy controls for customers, which some advertisers don't like, but Steve agrees with.
2021-06-16
88 reads
Agree or Lose Features
Forcing users to agree to a new EULA or removing features seems like a bad idea to Steve.
2021-05-26
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Differential Privacy
Steve looks at a technique that some think will allow more data to be used in research and training.
2021-05-24
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Finding Legal Data
Using data scraped from the web might be convenient, but is it legal. Perhaps more importantly, is it moral? Steve has a few thoughts.
2021-04-19
107 reads
Getting Started with Azure Purview
Introduction Azure Purview is Microsoft’s unified data governance service that helps you discover and get insight into your available data. It replaces Azure Data Catalog and is now based on Apache Atlas, one of the leading open-source data governance and metadata frameworks. Apache Atlas was created by Hortonworks and big names within finance, pharma, etc. […]
2021-02-18
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Data Privacy Grows in California
Changes in data privacy law in California are demanded by consumers.
2021-01-23
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The Best Way to Protect Sensitive Data
Steve has a thought on the best way to protect sensitive data.
2021-01-07
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2020-12-14
118 reads
Data Sovereignty Issues
As legal requirements grow and change, cloud computing might require a new consideration: where we physically store data.
2020-12-10
85 reads
Blogs
A Live Conference Experience at Data Minds Connect 2021
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Last week I was privileged to attend a live conference in Belgium. dataMinds Connect...
Daily Coping 25 Oct 2021
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A New Form of Address: Mx
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