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Data Gathering

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  1. The Right Coast

    Opinion | I Was Once a Socialist. Then I Saw How It Worked. – The New York Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    It doesn t matter how big your computers are, the socialist can never gather all relevant data, can never construct the right feedback loops. The state cannot even see the…

  2. Sentencing Law and Policy

    “Is it me, or is the government releasing less data about the criminal justice system?”

    By Douglas Berman

    The question in the title of this post is the title of this notable new posting by Wendy Sawyer over at Prison policy Initiative.  I recommend the full extended posting,…

  3. The Relativity Blog

    How Case Teams Can Streamline Collections with X1 in RelativityOne

    By Relativity

    Our September 2019 release for RelativityOne debuted some game-changing functionality in the platform. Collect for RelativityOne enables fast, secure, and defensible collections right within the cloud, allowing RelativityOne users to…

  4. Privacy Compliance & Data Security

    Thailand’s First, GDPR-Like Privacy Law Takes Effect in May

    By Odia Kagan

    "Companies will need permission to collect the data of citizens in Thailand under the nation’s first privacy law, even if they don’t have a physical presence in the country", reports…

  5. Inside Privacy

    Wyden Introduces Mind Your Own Business Act of 2019

    By Inside Privacy

    On October 17, Senator Ron Wyden introduced in the Senate a privacy bill that would expand the FTC’s authority to regulate data collection and use, allow consumers to opt out…

  6. Employment Law Lookout

    Breaking News: EEOC Pay Data Collection Tool To Remain Open After September 30, 2019

    By Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    By Annette Tyman and Michael L. Childers Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week the EEOC submitted a status report in the litigation concerning the EEO-1 Component 2 submissions for 2017 and 2018. …

  7. The Right Coast

    What It Means to Be Blacklisted by China’s Regime

    By Thomas A. Smith

    There is growing evidence that the CCP is extensively collecting information about the identities of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, and that some of them have already been blacklisted by…

  8. Massachusetts Labor & Employment Law

    UPDATE: EEOC Will Not Collect Pay Data for 2019, 2020 or 2021

    By Christian Garcia

    As we reported in previous alerts (April 26, 2019 and May 9, 2019), all employers with 100 or more employees must submit employee pay data for 2017 and 2018 to the U.S.…

  9. Mike McBride Online

    How Google Got Greedy

    By Mike McBride

    I was listening to Seth Godin’s latest Akimbo podcast, where he talks about Google, and how Google started out once with a very simple mission. Index all the information on…

  10. The Right Coast

    Credit card privacy matters: Apple Card vs. Chase Amazon Prime Rewards Visa – The Washington Post

    By Thomas A. Smith

    I recently used my credit card to buy a banana. Then I tried to figure out how my credit card let companies buy me. You might think my 29-cent swipe…