No worries, I’m sure no one would ever misuse this much data, right? Although they have huge potential to make life better, the possibility of increasingly smarter cities also raises serious privacy concerns. Through sensors embedded into our cities, and the smartphones in our pockets, smart cities will have the power to constantly identify where…
It’s definitely going to continue too. “This is unprecedented in terms of the sheer amount of data being collected,” says Nicole Black, a lawyer and legal technology expert at MyCase, a software management startup for law firms. All connected devices have the potential to be mined for their data. In court cases, the information can…
This is good news, and frankly, I’m a bit surprised. Happily. According to IBM Security’s new “Future of Identity Study,” users of both mobile and desktop are wide awake to what’s happening with each new high profile breach, and it’s made them change their priorities. Strong security and privacy are now at the forefront of…
Over the weekend, we took a tour of Laura Plantation, about an hour down the Mississippi River from our house. The tour includes a walk through one of the old slave cabins, and the guide talked a bit about not just what a slaves life on a sugar plantation would have been, but also what…
Josh asks a good question here. One that is getting more and more complicated as we delve into not only social media, but a ton of other data sources for eDiscovery purposes. “Alternatively, how does one define the native application for social media? Is it from an app on a smartphone? Or was it created…
As an industry, we’re always behind, but this is telling – “As new types of content materialize from various applications and devices, the e-discovery process will become more difficult. According to a recent report from Osterman Research, any electronic information is potentially subject to e-discovery, including text messages, social media posts, data in collaboration…