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[Post from Infoglide Software] Mistaken Identity Resolution Part III: Identity Resolution vs. Data Integration

“In this blog, we will pick up our conversation from our Mistaken Identity Resolution series and discuss how identity resolution and data integration are related or unrelated.”

HeraldTribune.com: You may be paying $400 to $600 a year to offset shoplifting costs

“But Dan Doyle, the 50-year-old vice president of loss prevention and human resources for Bradenton-based Bealls Inc., has spent the past few years talking about it — with everyone who would listen: other retailers, law enforcement and even the public. . . . ‘There was this fear that the media would uncover our dirty little secrets,’ Doyle said. ‘But now we want the public to know about it, because they’re paying for it. They pay $400 to $600 a year more for merchandise because of retail theft.’ The extra money is not just the cost of markups to cover the losses, but also the cost of insurance, electronic tags and in-store cameras. ‘All of that stuff comes at a price,’ Doyle said. ‘We want the public to be angry about it.’”

Homeland Security Watch: Where the Candidates Stand on HLS Part III

“To learn about McCain’s views on combating terrorism, you’ll find it among, again not surprisingly, his positions on continuing the Iraq War. The net of all this is that McCain is no slouch when it comes to counterterrorism. Parsing brawn and brains is the tough part. A closer look reveals his campaign’s priorities and perspectives on the mission of securing the homeland, but its an incomplete picture.”

Forbes.com: Retail group to lobby on crime matters

“The National Retail Federation hired Alston & Bird LLP to lobby the federal government on organized retail crime and related consumer protection issues. Retail crime has been a top issue for retail trade groups and their members. The NRF said last year that the problem is getting worse as it released a May 2007 survey showing that more than 75 percent of retailers said they were a victim of crime within the past year.”

PogoWasRight.org: To be anonymous or not to be, that is the privacy question

“‘A total surveillance is not only inevitable and irreversible, but also irresistible,’ Jeff Jonas, distinguished engineer and chief scientist at IBM Entity Analytics, said during a panel on surveillance at a Legal Futures Conference at Stanford on Saturday.”

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