The featured resources for the month of February showcase curated news, articles, events, and blogs relevant to research data management.
Uganda signs Data Protection and Privacy Bill into law
The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni signed the “Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015” into law. This law may have several implications for personal data that are collected in developmental research. To read in detail, click here.
No, data is not the new oil
This article talks about if data is the new oil then the data they collect about their consumers should appear in the company’s balance sheet statement as a separate asset.To read in detail,click here.
Our ears are unlocking an era of aural data
This article talks about the sonification of data could be useful in perceiving and understanding patterns of data over time. To read in detail, click here.
Putting data privacy in the hands of users
Researchers have developed Riverbed, a platform that ensures web and mobile apps using distributed computing in data centers adhere to users' preferences on how their data are shared and stored in the cloud.To read in detail,click here.