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Category: Data and the Law


Google’s Inactive Account Manager

The Inactive Account Manger is a new feature on Google which allows the account holder to specify what happens to their data when their account becomes inactive. The feature allows the user to determine when the account should be considered inactive, who will be contacted when the account becomes inactive, what each of those contacts may download, and finally if …Read the Rest

Agency Information Collection Activities

Federal agencies have the authority to require individuals and companies to submit information to them. One requirement, familiar to all, is the filing of tax returns. What may be a surprise to many is how much information is collected. In today’s Federal Register table of contents there were 38 notices about agency information collection activities. Just …Read the Rest

Data Privacy Day

Monday, January 28th, was Data Privacy Day. According to the sponsoring National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA),* “It is an effort to empower people to protect their privacy and control their digital footprint and escalate the protection of privacy and data as everyone’s priority.” The Alliance’s site offers tips on protecting your privacy online. For example, if you are …Read the Rest

Election 2012 – Last Look at the Predictions

President Obama has been sworn into office for his second term. So, how did the predictors do? Here are some assessments: Fact: Nate Silver Predicts Election Outcome, Becomes Nerdy Chuck Norris, Wired Pollsters and Pundits: Who Got the Presidential Election Right and Who Didn’t: A Reckoning U.S. News Keeping Track: Pundits and Pollsters and Their Presidential …Read the Rest

STATS.org

STATS is a non-profit organization created in 1994 “to correct scientific misinformation in the media and in public policy resulting from bad science, politics, or a simple lack of information or knowledge; and to act as a resource for journalists and policy makers on major scientific issues and controversies.” The organization has been affiliated with George Mason University …Read the Rest

The Day After – Looking at the Predictions

The votes are still being counted in 27 states as of 5pm. However, the election has been called and President Barack Obama will serve an additional four years as President. The election has been called but the final electoral college count is not know and will not been known until Florida results. If Florida goes to Obama, …Read the Rest