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Secure Your Data Collection, Governance Practices for GDPR Compliance
The UK government recently revealed its proposed Data Protection Bill. This legislation provides final — and welcome — confirmation that the country will, for almost all intents and purposes, be adhering to the forthcoming, EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Both the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Bill
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UK Gives Citizens Right to Request Data Wipeout in Proposed Laws
British citizens could request organizations to erase personal data and ask social media providers to delete old posts from their childhood under the United Kingdom’s proposed data protection regulations.
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UK Workers Are Spending Less Time at the Office: What About You?
Employees in the UK are working fewer hours each week. According to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) — the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a department that reports directly to the UK Parliament — only 11 percent of UK employees now work over
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UK Wants to Lead Worldwide IoT Efforts
The British government plans to pump more than $13 million into the creation of a new interdisciplinary Research Hub in an effort to make the UK the world leader in the development of the Internet of Things (IoT).
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If You Want Great Customer Service, Go to ...
US consumers are tough customers. They give companies here lower customer experience (CX) ratings than consumers in China give companies there. But take heart: French companies disappoint more than companies in any other country — and only a handful of firms in the UK rank as "good" or better.
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W3C Cuts Path for Global Government Linked Data (GLD)
The W3C (news, site ) has formed the Government Linked Data working group, the mission of which is to "provide standards and other information that help governments around the world publish their data as effective and usable Linked Data using Semantic Web technologies.
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Mobileweb Launches m.Discovery, A Mobile Web Optimization Platform
UK mobile marketing and service provider Mobileweb Company has recently announced the release of m.Discovery, a mobile optimization platform designed for delivering content on multiple mobile platforms. Targeted at brands with multiple products, services or branches, the platform optimizes content for viewing on almost all mobile devices. Mobileweb cites the
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European Union Concerned With Cloud Deployments Storing Sensitive Data Offshore
Cloud computing is not only a technical and business concern, but also a legal and regulatory issue given the fact that users are essentially handing over the management or storage of their content and data to third-party service providers.
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UK Gov Surpasses US Gov in Number of Public, Open Data Sets
In the never-ending argument over which country is Number 1, the UK has just surpassed the US in one particular area: that of open data. UK Public Data Treasure Trove With Data.gov.uk, the UK now has 2,879 public data sets available through the web for developers to use.
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Linked Data on the Web - Becoming Reality in the UK
These days the UK government seems unusually savvy when it comes to technology, open source and open standards. Now they've embraced another open movement, that of open data. And they've appointed Sir Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, to help.
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UK Government Backs Open Source
The government of the United Kingdom stated in 2004 that its policy was to "seek to use open source where it gave the best value for money to the taxpayer in delivering public services." In 2009, the UK government has decided to increase the pace of open source adoption.
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UK Corporations No Stranger to Content Chaos
A recent survey of 2387 business decision makers who attended the first day of the Storage Expo held by ONStor revealed some interesting truths about the management of content in the UK.
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Version One May Bring Home Paperless Gold
Version One, a company that does all kinds of document management and imaging-type stuff, has just been proclaimed a finalist for the Paperless Office Software Category for Sift Media's Business Software Satisfaction Awards '07.
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Google Leaps Onto Planet 3 Mobile Platform
Building on its initial foray into mobile (inclusion of Apps into the iPhone), Google digs deeper still, adding its Search and Maps functions to the Planet 3 mobile portal. This year Google's made some interesting moves. In addition to its stronger commitment to the enterprise and non-profit industries, the online giant
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