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Sommige Winkelcentra Tracking Shoppers Door middel van hun mobiele telefoons de feestdagen | PCWorld

November 25, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

For some mall shoppers, Black Friday has become Track Friday.

Thanks to a snoopy piece of tech from a U.K. company called Path Intelligence, some malls in Europe, Australië, and the United States will be tracking shoppers’ movements today through their cell phones.

A small number of discreet monitoring units installed throughout a mall, het bedrijf zegt, can grab signals from consumers’ mobile phones and track their movements with an accuracy of “a few meters.” That information is fed to a processing center where it is audited and analyzed to create a real-time picture of traffic flow through a shopping center. Mall operators can keep constant tabs on the information through Path Intelligence’s secure web-based reporting system.

As you’d expect with someone engaged in this kind of unsettling activity, the company swears it’s committed to protecting the privacy of the people it’s surveilling. “[De]ur detector units do not allow us to obtain your telephone number, to listen to any of your calls, read any SMS messages read or sent by you, or to log details of any calls or SMS messages made or received by you,” Path Intelligence states on its website. “Neither does any of the information received allow us to identify you or any group of individuals.”

Two U.S. malls–Promenade Temecula in Southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va–will be launching the tracking service today and will use it through New Year’s Day, according to a report by CNN.

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Microsoft: We hebben Siri-Like Tech voor meer dan een jaar | Nieuws & Advies | PCMag.com

November 25, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

Is Microsoft jealous of Siri? In, according to chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie, because Microsoft has had its own version of Siri available for over a year.

In an interview with Forbes tech writer Eric Savitz (onder), Mundie said Siri probably got so much press because “people are infatuated with Apple.”

Apple is blessed with “good marketing,” maar “you could argue that Microsoft has had a similar capability in Windows phones for more than a year, since Windows Phone 7 was introduced,” Mundie said.

Microsoft acquired TellMe in early 2007 and the company announced its first app for Windows Mobile in April 2009—a downloadable program that let users dictate text messages, dial phone numbers, or search the Internet by voice.

In augustus 2010, Microsoft Speech general manager Zig Serafi gave PCMag’s Michael Miller a demo of TellMe on a Windows Phone at the SpeechTek 2010 conferentie.

“You just press and hold the center button on the bottom of the phone, and you can say things like ‘Start Outlook,'” Miller wrote. “You can go into Bing and say things like ‘Find Italian Restaurants near me.’ Or just say the name of an airline and flight, and get the status.”

Microsoft unveiled its Windows Phone 7 lineup in October 2010, and while the mobile OS, particularly the most recent “Mango” update, has been well-received, the smartphones have yet to fly off the shelves, thanks in large part to competition from Android devices and Apple’s iPhone.

Mundie conceded that “we probably could learn something on the marketing side.” Maar, he continued, Apple didn’t really have much to offer with the new iPhone, hence the focus on the Siri.

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Microsoft: We hebben Siri-Like Tech voor meer dan een jaar | Nieuws & Advies | PCMag.com

November 25, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

Is Microsoft jealous of Siri? In, according to chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie, because Microsoft has had its own version of Siri available for over a year.

In an interview with Forbes tech writer Eric Savitz (onder), Mundie said Siri probably got so much press because “people are infatuated with Apple.”

Apple is blessed with “good marketing,” maar “you could argue that Microsoft has had a similar capability in Windows phones for more than a year, since Windows Phone 7 was introduced,” Mundie said.

Microsoft acquired TellMe in early 2007 and the company announced its first app for Windows Mobile in April 2009—a downloadable program that let users dictate text messages, dial phone numbers, or search the Internet by voice.

In augustus 2010, Microsoft Speech general manager Zig Serafi gave PCMag’s Michael Miller a demo of TellMe on a Windows Phone at the SpeechTek 2010 conferentie.

“You just press and hold the center button on the bottom of the phone, and you can say things like ‘Start Outlook,'” Miller wrote. “You can go into Bing and say things like ‘Find Italian Restaurants near me.’ Or just say the name of an airline and flight, and get the status.”

Microsoft unveiled its Windows Phone 7 lineup in October 2010, and while the mobile OS, particularly the most recent “Mango” update, has been well-received, the smartphones have yet to fly off the shelves, thanks in large part to competition from Android devices and Apple’s iPhone.

Mundie conceded that “we probably could learn something on the marketing side.” Maar, he continued, Apple didn’t really have much to offer with the new iPhone, hence the focus on the Siri.

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Waarom FCPA Vervolging risico Word Personal

November 23, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

Er was een tijd dat de U.S. Ministerie van Justitie in de eerste plaats aandacht besteed aan de vervolging van bedrijven die verantwoordelijk zijn voor het omkopen van buitenlandse ambtenaren. Critici van deze praktijk voerde aan dat de daaruit voortvloeiende boetes was geworden gewoon een kosten van het zakendoen. Zo, ongeveer acht jaar geleden, het Ministerie van Justitie kondigde een nieuwe strategie van targeting corporate officers en bestuurders voor strafrechtelijke vervolging onder de Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) om meer significant af te schrikken mondiale ondernemingen van het verrichten van corrupte praktijken.

Als het aantal veroordelingen is een indicatie, de strategie kan worden vruchten af ​​te werpen: sinds 2005, tientallen van corporate executives zijn veroordeeld voor het overtreden van de FCPA, betaalde hoge boetes vanuit hun persoonlijke bezittingen, en bracht jaren in de gevangenis. (Natuurlijk, bedrijven nog steeds het voorwerp uitmaken van federale agentschappen’ toorn: het meest recente geval zal resulteren in Pfizer meer betalen dan $60 miljoen naar FCPA kosten af ​​te wikkelen, volgens de Wall Street Journal.)

Vorige maand, advocatenkantoor Chadbourne & Parke bracht een studie van de 61 FCPA vervolging met betrekking tot individuele gedaagden gedurende de afgelopen zes jaar. Een verrassend groot aantal, 35%, van de verdachten werden de president, chief executive officer, of chief operating officer van hun bedrijf. In alle, 53 van de personen belast met het overtreden van de FCPA in deze periode waren hoge officieren — een duizelingwekkende 87% van alle verdachten.

Deze bevindingen moet worden van belang voor corporate executives wereldwijd. Hoewel de U.K. Omkoping Act — die in werking trad eerder dit jaar — heeft gevangen koppen als een kracht om rekening mee te houden, in vele opzichten, de 33-jarige FCPA heerst nog steeds de hoogste in zijn bedreiging voor de CEO's en CFO's die zaken doen in de Verenigde Staten.

Om inzicht te krijgen van de potentiële omvang, Men hoeft niet verder te kijken dan de recente News of the World telefoon-hacking schandaal dat heeft verbruikt Rupert Murdoch en zijn News Corp. voor een groot deel van het jaar. De ernstigste dreiging van strafrechtelijke vervolging tegenover de Murdochs en andere topfunctionarissen van News Corp. misschien niet afkomstig van de Britse autoriteiten, die zou direct toezicht houden op de publicatie, maar van de FCPA.

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Waarom FCPA Vervolging risico Word Personal | CFO.com

November 23, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

Er was een tijd dat de U.S. Ministerie van Justitie in de eerste plaats aandacht besteed aan de vervolging van bedrijven die verantwoordelijk zijn voor het omkopen van buitenlandse ambtenaren. Critici van deze praktijk voerde aan dat de daaruit voortvloeiende boetes was geworden gewoon een kosten van het zakendoen. Zo, ongeveer acht jaar geleden, het Ministerie van Justitie kondigde een nieuwe strategie van targeting corporate officers en bestuurders voor strafrechtelijke vervolging onder de Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) om meer significant af te schrikken mondiale ondernemingen van het verrichten van corrupte praktijken.

Als het aantal veroordelingen is een indicatie, de strategie kan worden vruchten af ​​te werpen: sinds 2005, tientallen van corporate executives zijn veroordeeld voor het overtreden van de FCPA, betaalde hoge boetes vanuit hun persoonlijke bezittingen, en bracht jaren in de gevangenis. (Natuurlijk, bedrijven nog steeds het voorwerp uitmaken van federale agentschappen’ toorn: het meest recente geval zal resulteren in Pfizer meer betalen dan $60 miljoen naar FCPA kosten af ​​te wikkelen, volgens de Wall Street Journal.)

Vorige maand, advocatenkantoor Chadbourne & Parke bracht een studie van de 61 FCPA vervolging met betrekking tot individuele gedaagden gedurende de afgelopen zes jaar. Een verrassend groot aantal, 35%, van de verdachten werden de president, chief executive officer, of chief operating officer van hun bedrijf. In alle, 53 van de personen belast met het overtreden van de FCPA in deze periode waren hoge officieren — een duizelingwekkende 87% van alle verdachten.

Deze bevindingen moet worden van belang voor corporate executives wereldwijd. Hoewel de U.K. Omkoping Act — die in werking trad eerder dit jaar — heeft gevangen koppen als een kracht om rekening mee te houden, in vele opzichten, de 33-jarige FCPA heerst nog steeds de hoogste in zijn bedreiging voor de CEO's en CFO's die zaken doen in de Verenigde Staten.

Om inzicht te krijgen van de potentiële omvang, Men hoeft niet verder te kijken dan de recente News of the World telefoon-hacking schandaal dat heeft verbruikt Rupert Murdoch en zijn News Corp. voor een groot deel van het jaar. De ernstigste dreiging van strafrechtelijke vervolging tegenover de Murdochs en andere topfunctionarissen van News Corp. misschien niet afkomstig van de Britse autoriteiten, die zou direct toezicht houden op de publicatie, maar van de FCPA.

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In de eerste Britse. Omkoping Wet Sentencing, Voormalig griffier Handed zes jaar benoemd | Legal Week

November 23, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

former magistrates’ court clerk has become the first person to be sentenced under the U.K. Omkoping Act, nadat hij toegegeven het accepteren van een 500 pond om te kopen om “kwijt te raken” van een rijdende lading.

Munir Patel was sentenced to six years in prison at Southwark Crown Court Friday after last month pleading guilty to bribery and misconduct in public office during his employment as an administrative clerk at London’s Redbridge Magistrates’ Rechter.

He has been handed a three-year sentence under the Bribery Act and a six-year sentence for misconduct in public office. The two sentences will run concurrently, resulting in six years imprisonment.

Patel accepted the bribe in exchange for omitting to record a traffic offense on a court database and has been prosecuted under Section 2 van de omkoping wet voor het aanvragen en ontvangen van een steekpenning van plan onjuist uitvoeren van zijn functies, as well as misconduct in public office.

Ashurst dispute resolution partner Angela Pearson said: “The sentencing of Munir Patel for three years for bribery under the new Bribery Act demonstrates the significant sentences that the courts are willing to impose on individuals who commit an offense under the act.

“This is to run concurrently with a six-year sentence for misconduct in a public office. It is only a matter of time before the Serious Fraud Office bares its teeth and prosecutes the first corporate or its directors under the act. Inmiddels, the business community collectively hold their breath.”

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A Growing Trend: Use of E-Discovery ‘Speciale Masters’ | Recht Techniek en Technologie Nieuws

November 23, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

The use of e-discovery “special masters” — who help parties frame and execute the discovery of electronically stored information — is a growing trend. At last week’s Georgetown Law Advanced eDiscovery Institute, there were podium discussions about court-related pilot programs as well as informal conversations among attendees about the new job opportunities.

On a Friday panel, Judge Joy Conti of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania outlined a pilot project in progress to help ligitants identify and use special masters. Conti, who chairs the court’s Alternate Dispute Resolution Implementation Committee, said the court decided to create a list of approved special masters. Finalists were selected for the one year pilot effort, that began in May, legde ze uit.

Acccording to the court’s website, a subcommittee, led by Judge Nora Fischer, and including court IT personnel and local practitioners with EDD experience, provided recommendations to the ADR committee, ultimately resulting in approved application and selection criteria. “The final set of criteria approved by the ADR Committee includes active bar admission; demonstrated litigation experience, particularly with electronic discovery; demonstrated training and experience with computers and technology; and mediation training and experience.”

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E-Discovery For Defendants Cheat Sheet | Dechert LLP – JDSupra

November 23, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

After getting the latest favorable Facebook discovery decision in Largent v. Reed, and seeing that Largent cited to a recent New York case that we didn’t know about, we’ve come to the (probably belated) conclusion that the fast-developing area of e-discovery for defendants with respect to social media maintained by plaintiffs is worthy of a cheat sheet to keep up with the cases as they’ve come down. So here it is – a compilation of all the favorable opinions we’re aware of concerning the right of defendants to take the offensive on e-discovery in personal injury cases, rather than merely having to grin and bear it on the receiving end. As with our other posts of this nature, it’s in purely chronological order, and we’ll update it whenever we learn of additional case law, so if you on the right side of the “v.” win something, feel free to pass it along to us.

By the way, we’ve cited some Canadian cases as well, because, particularly early on, they’ve been cited several times on this side of the border. The citation forms may look unusual to American lawyers, but we’ve tried them out. This is how they appear on WL.

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Defending the Use of E-Discovery Software | Law.com

November 23, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

There are several good strategies for defending the use of e-discovery software, panelists said last week at the Georgetown Law Center Advanced eDiscovery Institute.

Rechters, opposing counsel, and juries may sometimes ask lawyers about the limitations of concept and keyword searching, the extent to which quality control was performed, and the reasons why results aren’t perfect, noted moderator Conor Crowley, of Crowley Law Office in McLean, Zullen.

Important cases in which software use was defended include Victor Stanley v. Creative Pipe, Disability Rights Council of Greater Washington v. Wash Metropolitan Transit Authority, Gross Construction Association v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance, and Datel Holdings v. Microsoft, Crowley said.

One of the best responses is for attorneys to understand and articulate how such technologies work at the process level, the panelists agreed.

That understanding need not extend to technical levels — “I haven’t a clue how the plane works. What I care about is it gets me safely to my destination. Let’s not get so obsessed with how the algorithms work,” attorney Maura Grossman said, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, in New York. “Frankly, most of us could not understand the answer,” added District Court Judge Elizabeth Laporte, of San Francisco.

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Nation's dichtste netwerk van License Plate Data-Trackers Verhoogt Twijfels over privacy | Popular Science

November 23, 2011 Door Laat een bericht achter

In Washington, D.C., where there are plenty of powerful people and precious places to protectthe cops have lots of high-tech tools at their disposal. But one tool, automatic license plate readers, could become much more than a crime-prevention device. D.C. police maintain the country’s densest network of plate readers, and keep a three-year database of license plate locations — meaning they can track where everyone’s car is, all the time, whether at the grocery store, an ammunition shop or Planned Parenthood.

This can be useful in catching criminals, as a Washington Post feature on the subject points out. In a murder case scheduled for trial last year, police used the plate readers to quickly track down the suspect, after a witness wrote down his license plate number. But what about other uses? The database can track the entirety of private citizens’ comings and goings, something that’s not always the government’s business. And what about third parties, who could potentially access the database? A conversation about these possibilities is still sorely lacking, as the Post points out.

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Technologie, Rebecca Boyle, American Civil Liberties Union, cops, overheid, kentekens, politie, privacy, public surveillance, surveillanceThe system includes more than 250 cameras in DC and its suburbs, which capture 1,800 images a minute and download them into an archive, the Post reports. It has more than one license plate reader per square mile, as the American Civil Liberties Union points out. The District keeps the images for three years, much longer than most suburbs, which range from two years to a couple months.

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