UN to appoint watchdog to focus on privacy in digital age

Computerworld Security: March 31, 2015
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UN to appoint watchdog to focus on privacy in digital age

A 'special rapporteur' is to be appointed for a period of three years.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Safari users in the U.K. can sue Google over alleged privacy violations
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2. EFF questions US government's software flaw disclosure policy
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Safari users in the U.K. can sue Google over alleged privacy violations

The ruling from an appeals court could lead to claims from millions of British
users.
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Relational Databases are Evolving for New Data Capabilities

Mixing NoSQL and SQL databases is bogging down application performance and
today's database decisions makers want one solution to handle all of their data.
Read the commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of
EnterpriseDB to learn how today's RDBMS can support all data types.

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EFF questions US government's software flaw disclosure policy

It's not clear if the U.S. government is living up to its promise to disclose
serious software flaws to technology companies, a policy it put in place five
years ago, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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