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McKinsey & Company Provides Insights on COVID-19 Implications
April 01, 2020
McKinsey & Company is providing updates regarding the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, including an article intended to provide business leaders with a perspective on the evolving situation and implications for their companies.
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EFF: How Google Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits User Data
March 24, 2020
The Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF") explains that Google monetizes what it observes about people by using data to build individual profiles with demographics and interests that advertisers use to target groups based on traits and by sharing data with advertisers directly and soliciting bids on individual ads.
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Walle: Companies Need to Address Data Ethics as Well as Data Privacy
March 16, 2020
Writing in Forbes, Thomas Walle explains why, beyond the hard legal guidelines relating to data privacy, companies should be equally concerned about data ethics relating to how collected data is used for commercial purposes.
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Friedman: Coronavirus Pandemic Causing Reassessment of U.S. Dependency on China Supply Chain
March 16, 2020
Writing in The Atlantic, Uri Friedman explains that the coronavirus pandemic is highlighting America's dependence on China for the U.S. supply of surgical masks, respirators, medical devices, and pharmaceutical ingredients, which some in the Trump Administration are citing as another reason to prioritize America's ability to protect its interests.
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Politico: Former Clinton Aide Seeks to Re-write Anti-tech Lobbying Rulebook
March 11, 2020
According to Politico, as policymakers re-writing the rules for the digital world seek evidence and advice on how Big Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter shape people's everyday lives, Ben Scott's new lobbying firm, Reset, will provide supportive on-the-ground lobbying, academic research and public calls-to-arms.
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