FTC: Data Brokers Know You Better Than Mom Does

2014-05-29Posted inBlog
Federal Trade Commission report calls for restrictions on data brokers, finds companies gather billions of consumer transactions daily, largely without public knowledge. Companies that silently gather data on consumers should be more transparent about ...

Data Scientists: Stop Searching, Start Grooming

2014-05-29Posted inBlog
Don’t put your big-data project on hold — members of your current staff may be the best fit for your data science team. Data scientists, like fire-breathing dragons, may exist. But I submit that your organization does not need either of them to solve business challenges. Rather, data-related problems are [...]

Data Scientists: Stop Searching, Start Grooming

2014-05-29Posted inBlog, Networks in the News
Don’t put your big-data project on hold — members of your current staff may be the best fit for your data science team. Data scientists, like fire-breathing dragons, may exist. But I submit that your organization does not need either of them to solve business challenges. Rather, data-related problems are [...]

Social media a ‘powerful’ tool for police

2014-05-29Posted inBlog
BY ANNALISE KLINGBEIL, CALGARY HERALD When a 14-year-old girl with Down syndrome went missing earlier this month after walking away from her Calgary home, police used all the resources they could to find her. A helicopter flew over Royal Oak and broadcast details about the missing teen to residents, officers [...]