Top 17 Free and Open Source Business Intelligence Software #vmvwiki #vmvbusiness

From Capterra blog - With business intelligence tools becoming the current focus this is a list of 17 free and open source  tools https://blog.capterra.com/top-8-free-and-open-source-business-intelligence-software/

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes live 2018, May 25. Summary #vmvwiki #vmvsocial

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union and the European Economic Area. It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU (Wikipedia contributors, 2018, May 25). 

GDPR goes live today - and it affects you

The following excerpt summariese GDPR and is from a Paul Matthews ITP CEO in the electronic newsletter  ( Matthews, P. ( personal communication, May 25, 2018) GDPR goes live today - and it affects you. ITP Newsline Extra: GDPR goes live today. Institute of IT Professionals, New Zealand).

I bet you've been enjoying the flood of GDPR-related "updated our terms" emails over the last few days as much as I have - hopefully most are done now!

So what's all the fuss about? It's actually a really significant change to the rules around personal data, and it really does affect you.

Here's a quick summary:

• The EU says the changes attempt to "harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy."

• One of the more controversial impacts of the new rules, and the reason it has such a world-wide impact, is what they call the "extra-territorial applicability".  This means that it applies to all companies worldwide who are dealing with information about people residing in the EU, even those simply offering goods or services to EU citizens. It hits everyone and it's huge.

• One of the key changes is around consent. Basically if a company is going to store or process personal data such as names, email addresses and the like, it needs to have explicit consent. The small print in the middle of a 10-page "terms and conditions" aren't enough - it has to be in complete plain English.

• The method of consent has to be recorded as well and proper records kept. This is significant - for example, if you have a mailing list you need to be able to show when people opted in and how.

• The fines are huge too. Companies can be fined up to 4% of their annual global turnover for breaches, with big fines for even seemingly minor issues.

• Companies must now also tell people if they've had a breach. We've seen a heap of this lately - people's information being stolen and companies keeping it quiet to try to avoid reputational damage. Do that now and it could cost 2% of global revenue.

• Other changes are familiar to kiwis, such as the right to obtain (free of charge) any information that is being held about them. That's been a part of NZ's Privacy Act for a long time, although the EU law goes further.

• There's heaps more as well, such as the controversial "right to be forgotten" This basically gives EU citizens the right to have Google, for example, remove references to them on searches. And again, the rules apply globally - not just to EU companies.

• The new rules also put into law the concept of "Privacy by design" for software developers. Basically software developers have to show they've built privacy into software from the ground up, not just tagged it on in the end. This has been a long time coming.

So some really important things to think about from a IT Professional perspective as well, even if you're not based in the EU.

View the full regulations here

References

Wikipedia contributors. (2018, May 25). General Data Protection Regulation. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23:00, May 25, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Data_Protection_Regulation&oldid=842962349

Issues with voice input. "The iRabbit : "It's not sheep." #vmvwiki #vmvsocial

 Voice input can have problems... 

https://youtu.be/-J4yweW-Vfs

Google’s Duplex Assistant phone Amazing AI #vmvwiki #vmvsocial

Googles assistant makes human like appointment phone calls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwHj2HaOT0

Artificial Intelligence Moves Beyond Sci-fi #vmvwiki #vmvdlt #vmvsocial

Like the worst sci-fi scenarios, the fear is that interconnected 'intelligent' software and machines embedded in our essential infrastructure get out of control or become vulnerable to hackers, crackers or cyber-terrorists. 

Also some research is presented from a Hawkes Bay PhD student

  
https://www.baybuzz.co.nz/2018/04/01/artificial-intelligence-moves-beyond-sci-fi/

car vending machine gives free test drives if good credit scores #vmvwiki #vmvdata

Alibaba's car vending machine in China gives free test drives to people with good credit scores - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/26/17163478/ford-alibaba-cat-car-vending-machine-china

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Google Sites - Migrate Classic to New #vmvwiki #vmvdlt

Google will deprecate their classic Google sites to the new one. Unfortunately there is a lot missing and makes the new one difficult for educators. Hopefully changes like the ability to template will happen in future.

https://horizon.steegle.com/google-sites/how-to/migrate-classic-to-new?utm_source=sites-update-group&utm_medium=post&utm_term=Migrate+PERSONAL+classic+Google+Sites&utm_campaign=new-sites