Big Data

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Ethics at the Core of a Data-Driven World

May 16, 2018

As the technologies for gathering, analysing, and acting on information become increasingly powerful, we find ourselves facing a tipping point as we consider the impact of data-driven processes on the ethics in information management and the challenges of managing data privacy. Read More

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Data Protection Insights

Who is Watching Your Data?

January 20, 2016

The question of data privacy has become one that is shaping the business world of the 21st century. With many technologies advancing in leaps and bounds – as well as the increasing importance of ‘The Internet of Things’ the appointment of a professional Data Protection Officer to ensure legal and mandatory compliance has become a business imperative. We look at how failure to appoint such professionals who can operate at all levels of an organisation can be a costly mistake – not only in terms of revenue – but also in terms of customer trust. Read More

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Data Protection Insights

Privacy Law in Australia: Breach Reporting, New Frontiers of Big Data and Differences with the EU GDPR

April 18, 2017

This article is based on a presentation made by Steven Klimt, a partner in the Sydney office of Clayton Utz during the Data Privacy Asia 2016 conference held on 9-11 November 2016. It outlines the new mandatory data breach reporting legislation, how Australian privacy regulation impacts Big Data and the differences between Australian Privacy legislation and the proposed EU GDPR. Read More

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Data Privacy News

Big Data in Politics and The Biggest Business of All

May 25, 2017

Big data in politics has become big news in the United Kingdom as the Guardian newspaper reports that the vote for the UK to leave the European Union saw two international companies manipulating public opinion through the use of big data mining techniques. Read More

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Data Privacy Insights

Connected Vehicles – Are Commuters in The Privacy Driving Seat?

November 9, 2018

Data collection and analytics from connected vehicles has troubling implications for the individual's privacy, not least because they simply have no choice. The use of motor vehicles is such a fundamental part of modern life that the invasion of privacy is all but unavoidable if new legislation is not promulgated. Read More

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Cyber Security Insights

Big Data Brings Challenges Beyond the Capabilities of Traditional SIEMs

January 2, 2020

Big Data is revolutionizing how and why potential threats are detected, and demanding a substantial shift in next generation SIEM. Read More

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Data Privacy Insights

Data Privacy vs. Customer Analytics: How to Do Both

November 27, 2019

Find out how you can use customer analytics to drive new business opportunities while at the same time protect that data and comply with new, complex privacy regulations? Read More

Data Privacy Insights

Who Owns My Data?

June 21, 2016

Living in the age of Big Data, consumers are slowly awakening half in doubt regarding the ownership of the data which they generated. As more enterprises start utilising user-generated data for so-called target marketing, more consumers begin questioning about unfairness in sharing the profit earned by commercialising that data. This question motivates us to think about the essence of privacy. Is privacy just about the right to be let alone? Or might it include the right to sell the users' own data? Read More

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Data Privacy Insights

Challenges of Big Data Privacy for Today’s Innovative Enterprises

August 1, 2017

With every new opportunity comes new challenges. How can innovative enterprises capture the vast potential and rise up to the challenge of big data privacy? Read More

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Data Privacy Insights

Recent Changes to Privacy and Data Protection Laws in South Korea

October 18, 2016

In June 2016 the Korean government announced new guidelines on personal data de-identification measures which have contributed to a greater clarity around the use and transfer of personal data for purposes other than those consented to by the data subject. How will they positively impact the big data market? Read More