All Technology articles – Page 5
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ArticleAsk Amii mailbag: Keeping up with AI, global compliance norms
In this “Ask Amii” monthly mailbag, executive coach and former Chief Compliance Officer Amii Barnard-Bahn explores the future of compliance and best practices for establishing your program in a non-U.S. domain.
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Libra Association soldiers on after PayPal withdraws
PayPal leaving Facebook’s Libra project is just a bump in the road in the drive toward developing a global digital currency payments network, a Libra Association spokesperson says.
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CCPA compliance costs projected to reach $55B
An economic impact assessment of California’s upcoming privacy law forecasts short-term disadvantages for smaller companies and emerging markets around compliance solutions and data-based product initiatives.
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Blockchain company to pay $24M for unregistered ICO
Block.one has agreed to settle charges with the SEC and pay a $24 million civil penalty for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering of digital tokens that raised the equivalent of several billion dollars.
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White paper: Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting Considerations for Developing and Implementing Bots
Companies are rapidly digitalizing parts of their business through robotic process automation (RPA). RPA uses computer-coded, rules-based software robots (i.e., bots) to automate certain human tasks.
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How Microsoft turned one practitioner into a versatile analytics guru
Guest columnist Alan Gibson explains how his role as assistant general counsel in Microsoft’s Office of Legal Compliance helped his transition into a world of managing risks through algorithms, machine learning, and digital solutions.
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Facebook suspends apps over privacy concerns
Facebook announced it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps as part of an investigation launched in the aftermath of last year’s Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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White paper: Taming third-party risk with digital
Damaging headlines like this have grown steadily in recent years. Triggered by third parties – such as suppliers, joint-venture partners, and contractors – and exacerbated by longer, more complex supply chains, compliance failures are becoming commonplace. Especially as regulators extend their reach. Building a sustainable framework for third-party risk using ...
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg schmoozes with Trump, lawmakers
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with about a half dozen senators at a dinner this week before visiting the White House to meet with President Trump. The key focus of the visit: discussing the future of internet regulation.
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FTC prioritizes guidance on application of antitrust laws to Big Tech
The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning is making the identification of Big Tech companies’ anticompetitive behavior and how to remedy it a top priority.
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Google to pay $1B to resolve French tax disputes
Google will pay $1 billion in penalties and back taxes, putting to an end a pair of investigations in France into whether the tech giant properly declared the full extent of its activities in the country.
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Amazon's Bezos among 51 CEOs calling for national data privacy law
CEOs from 51 different companies, including Amazon, Walmart, and Salesforce, have sent a letter to congressional leaders urging the passing of a comprehensive consumer data privacy law.
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Google facing antitrust investigation by 50 attorneys general
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed Monday that his office is leading an investigation by 50 attorneys general into technology giant Google for potential monopolistic business practices.
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Facebook faces multistate investigation for possible antitrust violations
The New York Attorney General’s office is leading a multistate investigation into social media giant Facebook for potential antitrust issues.
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European Commission still gunning for Big Tech
Coming on the heels of big enforcement actions against Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, the European Commission is vowing to keep fighting against technology giants profiting at others’ expense.
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Migration to new SOX technology picks up pace, report says
Amid persistent cost and compliance challenges with internal controls, the pace of migration toward new accounting technologies appears to be picking up.
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Google, YouTube reach $170M ‘groundbreaking’ settlement for violating children’s privacy
Google and its subsidiary YouTube will pay $170 million to settle allegations that the video-sharing service illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent.
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FINMA publishes AML guidance on blockchain
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has published new guidance on how it applies AML rules to the financial services providers it supervises in the area of blockchain technology.
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White paper: Essential transcription dos and don’ts for your audio recording review program
Transcription is merely a starting point for call recording review and even the voice portion video recording review.. That said, voice-to-text technologies and even search tools built for transcripts still haven’t met both of the distinct last-mile-needs around using transcripts for compliance.
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Microsoft facing GDPR probe in Ireland
The Dutch Data Protection Agency has referred Microsoft to its home EU regulator in Ireland regarding new privacy concerns with its Windows 10 operating system.
