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• Opinion How organizations can work toward GDPR compliance

  

  Tony Ball

  Senior vice president and general manager, identity access management Entrust Datacard

  Maximum fines for non-compliance can be as high as the greater of 20 million euros or four percent of a company’s global annual turnover.

  Compliance July 28

  Compliance July 28

• Sweden's PM refuses to resign after cyber security scandal

  

  The country's Transport Agency ignored warnings from the Swedish Security Service about data protection, and sidestepped rules on outsourcing.

  Data security Niklas Magnusson, Hanna Hoikkala and Anna Molin July 28

  Data security Niklas Magnusson, Hanna Hoikkala and Anna Molin July 28

• SoftBank Is said to take stake in Roomba maker in buildout

  

  The firm, which has more than $93 billion in commitments so far for its technology-focused Vision Fund, has been snapping up robotics firms this year.

  Robotics Giles Turner, Dinesh Nair, Ed Hammond and Alex Sherman July 28

  Robotics Giles Turner, Dinesh Nair, Ed Hammond and Alex Sherman July 28

• Opinion In a robot economy, all humans will be marketers

  

  Tyler Cowen

  Columnist Bloomberg View

  The real risk is that the robotics will push too many of us into less socially productive jobs.

  Robotics July 28

  Robotics July 28

• Villanova announces Master's of accounting with data analytics program

  

  The university will introduce a more future-forward curriculum for seniors beginning in Fall 2018.

  Analytics Sean McCabe July 28

  Analytics Sean McCabe July 28

• OCR updates health data breach reporting tool

  

  Revised site provides additional resources to help improve security posture of healthcare organizations.

  Data security Greg Slabodkin July 28

  Data security Greg Slabodkin July 28

• Sweden sinks into political chaos after classified data breach

  

  Swedes first learned of the breaches in July after the agency’s director general, Maria Agren, was fired and fined by prosecutors for carelessness with classified information.

  Data breaches Niclas Rolander, Anna Molin and Hanna Hoikkala July 28

  Data breaches Niclas Rolander, Anna Molin and Hanna Hoikkala July 28

• Opinion How to put an effective metadata strategy in place

  

  Joe Hellerstein

  Chief strategy officer; professor Trifacta; Bentley University

  This information forms the 'keys to the kingdom' of data: it tells users what exists, what it means, where it comes from and whether it’s accurate.

  Data types July 27

  Data types July 27

• Opinion When artificial intelligence meets business process management

  

  Miguel Valdés Faura

  Chief executive officer Bonitasoft

  As BPM-based applications get more sophisticated, the effect of delays--or blocked processes--remains a problem. The solution may lie in AI.

  Business process management July 27

  Business process management July 27

• Digital transformation driving high demand for data analysts

  

  Nearly half of organizations are adding these professionals to payroll, but perhaps even more sought-after is the CDO.

  Data Analyst David Weldon July 27

  Data Analyst David Weldon July 27

• Adobe plans to stop distributing Flash service at end of 2020

  

  The company will stop updating the online tool, a separate plug-in that improves graphically intensive activities for web surfers.

  Customer experience Brian Womack July 27

  Customer experience Brian Womack July 27

• Opinion Digital Wall Street has a new home. It's not New York.

  

  Tim Culpan

  Columnist Bloomberg View

  While the world's most powerful nation continues to hold great influence over both the financial and technology sectors, combining the two will be the domain of Asia within the next few years.

  Fintech July 27

  Fintech July 27

• Opinion Bankers must do their bit in battle with the black hats

  

  Edward Evans

  Editor Bloomberg Gadfly

  Italy's UniCredit SpA attack is shaping up to be one of the biggest data breaches in European banking, but investors are strangely unmoved. They shouldn't be complacent.

  Data breaches July 27

  Data breaches July 27

• UniCredit says 400,000 accounts were hacked, exposing data

  

  Unauthorized access was gained through an Italian third-party provider to some customer information related to personal loans.

  Data breaches Sonia Sirletti and Edward Robinson July 27

  Data breaches Sonia Sirletti and Edward Robinson July 27

• Self-driving buses and robot aides could double Singapore growth

  

  Artificial intelligence, once fully adopted, might lift the annual growth rate to 5.4 percent in 18 years, says Accenture.

  Artificial intelligence Melissa Cheok July 27

  Artificial intelligence Melissa Cheok July 27