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Author: Antonino Battaglia

Open Data and Big Data: Data Management and a Comparison of Hadoop vs. Spark

Today, for all large companies, data represents a strategic resource of primary importance. Thanks to the information obtained, it is possible to establish decision-making strategies that, in every sector, can improve a company’s operations and profits. Similar considerations can be made within the Public Administration, where data not only represents a tool for improving internal efficiency and decision-making processes, but, if made available to the community, can generate social and economic value. Although with different methods and purposes, two fundamental phenomena emerge in this context, united by the need to manage large amounts of information: Open Data and Big Data. Like all

Confidentiality vs. Privacy: The Concept Everyone Confuses (and Why It’s Dangerous)

Every day we hear about privacy in every aspect of our lives, so much so that the term has entered common parlance. But what does it really mean? What happens when we sign up for a social network or when we request a banking transaction? Even without realizing it, every day we leave personal data everywhere—traces that reveal who we are and our preferences. In our legal system, however, the word privacy does not have a generally accepted definition; in fact, it indicates a changing concept linked to the evolution of the legal and social context. Very often, the term privacy is