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What Data is Redacted in Government Documents?
March 15, 2021 | 7 minutes read
What Data is Redacted in Government Documents?

Many interactions with governments, whether local, state, or federal, will require you to give up some personal information. What are the rules for protecting your personal data when it is in the hands of a government agency?

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What is a Chain of Custody? How Can Businesses Use It?
March 11, 2021 | 7 minutes read
What is a Chain of Custody? How Can Businesses Use It?

By definition, the chain of custody is the historical sequential paper trail that records the “when, why, how, and by whom” physical or electronic evidence is collected, handled, or analyzed. Under federal law, any item with a break in its chain of custody or is improperly documented is not admitted or shown to juries.

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What is Video Resolution? What are its Applications?
March 08, 2021 | 7 minutes read
What is Video Resolution? What are its Applications?

Video resolution refers to the number of pixels in a given area, calculated by width and height. For example, 1024 x 768 means 1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high.

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What is HIPAA Compliance? Hospitals and Healthcare
March 05, 2021 | 6 minutes read
What is HIPAA Compliance? Hospitals and Healthcare

HIPAA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal healthcare law that was initially passed in 1996.

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How many frames per second can the human eye see?
March 02, 2021 | 6 minutes read
How many frames per second can the human eye see?

The visual cues in the world around us move at a particular rate, and our eyes can take in this information at a specific pace of perception. Most experts have a tough time agreeing on an exact number, but the conclusion is that most humans can see at a rate of 30 to 60 frames per second.

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What is PDF Redaction? How to Redact PDF Documents
February 28, 2021 | 7 minutes read
What is PDF Redaction? How to Redact PDF Documents

Learn how to redact documents, see redacted document examples, and discover the benefits of automated document redaction through CaseGuard Studio.

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What is Video Transcription and What is it Used For?
February 22, 2021 | 5 minutes read
What is Video Transcription and What is it Used For?

The process of converting the speech in a video to text is called video transcription. This can be done with automatic speech recognition technology, a human transcriptionist, or the best of all, combining the two.

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What is frame rate? And why does it matter?
January 26, 2021 | 6 minutes read
What is frame rate? And why does it matter?

Every video we watch consists of a number of photographs that are displayed at a certain rate to show picture motion. Those photographs are called frames and the number of frames per second in a video is what we call frame rate.

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Can Metadata Be Used To Predict Your Personality?
January 19, 2021 | 7 minutes read
Can Metadata Be Used To Predict Your Personality?

Metadata is descriptive information used to identify or categorize data, much like a book cover provides details about the contents. In digital assets, metadata helps describe and organize information for easier identification and categorization.

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What Synthetic Data Means to Information Privacy
January 13, 2021 | 6 minutes read
What Synthetic Data Means to Information Privacy

Synthetic data is a newly looked at emerging tool being considered an option for privacy protection in data science.
Synthetic data is artificially generated and not based on real events. As defined by the McGraw-Hill Dictionary, it is “any production data applicable to a situation that is not obtained by direct measurement,” ensuring privacy protection.

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