The second edition of the Smart Data Summit, one of the largest data summits in the Middle East region, will attract over 300 delegates across the GCC and worldwide. It is a critical event for those dedicated to making better management decisions and leveraging their valuable data assets efficiently. Through keynote presentations, panel discussions and roundtable sessions, the … [Read more...] about Smart Data Summit 2015
big data privacy
IBM Sensemaking And Privacy In The Big Data Realm
IBM Chief Scientist, Jeff Jonas has been working for the past several years on a project code name G2 but later title Sensemaking. It is a big data analytics project which seeks to take all of the disparate data that enterprises get from various sources and make sense of it so that relevant action can be taken. Jeff's analysis show that companies often have information … [Read more...] about IBM Sensemaking And Privacy In The Big Data Realm
In Order to Trust Big Data, Transparency Is Not Enough
Back in the old days of Web 1.0, there has been a short-lived debate on the trustworthiness of information found on websites. We were taught to check that certain information was referenced by other websites as well, that the sources were present and legitimate, and that comparable information could be found on other independent websites. Despite these precautions, a Dutch … [Read more...] about In Order to Trust Big Data, Transparency Is Not Enough
The Future of Big Data Privacy: Making Ends Meet
Earlier this week in Washington, D.C., the Future of Privacy Forum and Stanford Law Schools The Center for Internet and Society presented a one day conference "Big Data Privacy: Making Ends Meet." That conference showcased numerous papers by luminaries in the privacy community. There were several common themes among the papers. One of these was the need to place contractual … [Read more...] about The Future of Big Data Privacy: Making Ends Meet
How To Protect Your Privacy In The Big Data Era?
Many of us have read the book 1984, where George Orwell describes a society with omnipresent government surveillance and without privacy. The PRISM scandal revealed that the United States, and most probably many other countries, is already trying to get a grasp on the vast amounts of data being created today in order to stop terrorism and detect criminal activities. Most … [Read more...] about How To Protect Your Privacy In The Big Data Era?
