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This Week, In A Nutshell: Big data takes a hard hit as Google loses its appeal on a 50 Million Euro GDPR fine. Meanwhile, the California Attorney General clarified some key aspects of the CCPA for businesses and consumers. India’s increase in COVID cases hasn’t prompted a return of lockdown, infections have continued to climb in South Korea, and a border dispute has inflamed tension between India and China. Meanwhile, the UK has scrapped it’s own virus-tracing app, Sweden’s herd immunity remains low, and America might just have given up on the pandemic.
GLOBAL
Why Global Crises Are The Mother Of Invention
Via 1943: In 1815 a volcanic eruption wreaked havoc around the world. But it led to the birth of the bicycle. Here’s why crisis – though undoubtedly challenging – can produce amazing innovation. Read More
How to Be an Empathetic Leader in Times of Crisis
Via Inc: Historically, people have tended to evaluate leaders on the basis of hard skills and qualifications. But the global pandemic has changed virtually everything, including what we look for in, and need from, our leaders. Read More
Less Globalization, More Multilateralism
Via Brookings: Enhanced multilateral cooperation is the only way to mitigate the risks of deglobalization, from skyrocketing production costs to geopolitical conflict. Read More
Global Mobility Post-Pandemic
Via LinkedIn: One of the lessons we’ve learned during the pandemic is that much of what we do can be done from a computer – on our sofa, in our bed, or at a desk. So, will people still travel for business? Will your employees still find long-term assignments as desirable? Read More
DATA PRIVACY + GDPR
Google Loses Its Appeal On 50 Million Euro GDPR Fine
Via AdExchanger: A French court is upholding the 50 million euro fine levied against Google in January 2019 for GDPR infractons. Google lost on appeal. Read More
Continued Reliance On Passwords Continues To Compromise Data Security
Via Tech Republic: IT leaders remain under pressure to balance security and authentication methods, yet this remains a challenge for most organizations, according to a new report. Read More
How Coronavirus is Infecting the State of Data Security
Via The Wise Marketer: The threat of disease spread during the COVID-19 pandemic is stirring some creative thinking on how to best track down cases, control outbreaks, and monitor local populations. The fundamental resource necessary to assume these activities is data. Read More
CCPA Regulations: ‘Opt Out’ Links, Deletion of Personal Information, IP Addresses
Via JD Supra: The California Attorney General has addressed a wide range of questions from businesses and other interested parties. Here is the response to the public’s questions regarding several key CCPA issues. Read More
ASIA PACIFIC
India Reports Record Spike In COVID-19 Cases, But Nixes Another Nationwide Lockdown
Via NPR: With 12,881 new infections, Thursday’s daily tally is India’s highest so far. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ruled out another national lockdown, saying it’s too painful for the economy. Read More
Virus Infections Continue Steady Rise In S. Korea
Via The Associated Press: South Korea has reported 59 COVID-19 cases as infections steadily rise in the capital area where half the country’s 51 million people live. Read More
In China-India Clash, Two Nationalist Leaders Have Little Room to Give
Via The New York Times: Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi have sought to project a muscular global profile despite their countries’ problems. Backing down could hurt their efforts. Read More
Asian Business Sentiment Plunges To Record Low
Via Reuters: Business sentiment of Asian companies sank to an 11-year low in the second quarter, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey found, with some two-thirds of the firms polled flagging a worsening COVID-19 pandemic as the biggest risk over the next six months. Read More
EUROPE + UK
UK Scraps Own Virus-Tracing App, Joins Tech Giants
Via Bloomberg: The UK abandoned efforts to create its own COVID-19 track-and-trace mobile app and will use Apple Inc. and Google technology instead, in a fresh setback for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Read More
More Than 3.3m EU And EEA Citizens Granted Right To Remain In UK
Via The Guardian: More than 3.3 million EU and European Economic Area citizens have been granted the right to remain in the UK post-Brexit. Read More
Sweden Remains Far From Herd Immunity Despite Softer Lockdown
Via Bloomberg: Only a fraction of Sweden’s population has developed COVID-19 antibodies despite a significant number of infections across the country. Read More
NORTH AMERICA
Is America Is Giving Up On The Pandemic?
Via The Atlantic: Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us. Read More
Hospitals Got Bailouts And Furloughed Thousands While Paying CEOs Millions
Via The New York Times: Dozens of top recipients of government aid have laid off, furloughed, or cut the pay of tens of thousands of employees. Read More
US, Canada, And Mexico Extend Border Restrictions For 30 More Days
Via Aljazeera: The travel restrictions had already been extended several times and were set to expire on June 23. Read More
Mexico Starts To Reopen But Virus Cases Still High
Via The BBC: Mexico City lifts travel curbs and allows factories to re-open but the outbreak has not yet slowed. Read More
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