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Link: http://www.dud.de/Premium-Inhalt/40/2055/L-#246;schklassen.html

Im Heft 12/2011 der DuD (Datenschutz und Datensicherheit) findet sich ein lesenswerter Beitrag von Volker Hammer und Reinhard Fraenkel. Die Autoren stellen anhand der Implementation bei der Toll Collect GmbH ein Konzept von Löschklassen vor, welches durch standardisierte Fristen zur Löschung personenbezogener Daten geeignet ist. Ausgehend von den gesetzlichen Vorgaben des BDSG gehen sie detailliert auf den, ihrer Ansicht nach nicht hinreichend kommentierten, Begriff der Erforderlichkeit ein. Ausgehend von den Praxiserfahrungen stellen sie die Unzulänglichkeit einer detaillierten Prozessanalyse heraus und greifen daher auf standardisierte, mithin leicht übertragbare Löschregeln zurück. Bis auf eine spezifische Klasse sollten sich in der Tat alle weiteren Klassen auf andere Unternehmen übertragen lassen, denn sie entstammen hauptsächlich den gesetzlichen Vorgaben bspw. zur Regelverjährung des BGB, den Aufbewahrungsfristen des HGB oder der AO. In Verbindung mit Hinweisen für die Startzeitpunkte der jeweiligen Klassen ergibt sich ein schlüssiges Konzept.

Mittels der Löschklassen soll damit, so die Autoren, dem betrieblichen Datenschutzbeauftragten ein wichtiges Werkzeug zur Vermeidung aufwendiger Prozessanalysen an die Hand gegeben werden. Diese soll vielmehr auf spezielle Bereiche beschränkt werden, in welchen spezifischen betrieblichen Vorgaben Rechnung getragen werden muss.

For some reason I haven't checked it before and was a little bit surprised while plugging it in for the first time. But as it seems the new Galaxy Nexus doesn't support USB mass storage. Since I try to keep my data as private as possible my pictures, music and other stuff will definitely not be uploaded to some buzzed cloud service.

What now? Well, the device only supports MTP and PTP out of the box. So there must be a way to sync my old files to the new device from an Apple Mac OSX platform. As it turned out, there are two applications I'm aware of: Android File Transfer and XNJB.

XNJB is an application to connect any creative player to your Mac via MTP. It's not convenient but it works for basic migration of your old files:

And then there is some tiny program called "Android File Transfer". It also is not an application you really want to use daily, has some hangups but works acceptably (some other users experienced that also):

If you've found other ways to connect your Mac to your Nexus, feel free to comment. That device really is an iPhone killer

Have fun!

Edit (16th of December 2011): Patrick suggested to simply drop that USB cable and install some FTP server app (i.e. that one) to transfer files wireless. That really is a good idea but brought me to an even better one with regard to regularly synced files/folders. Why not having a SSH server - like QuickSSHd - on your phone instead of FTP? Add a simple script and sync your folders via rsync Then only one problem remains: DNS ...

As pointed out in a previous post, Apple has changed it's certification track. Now their training and certification page reflects those changes and the track now looks as follows:

Mac Integration Basics Exam (9L0-407)
OS X Support Essentials 10.7 Exam (9L0-410)
OS X Server Essentials 10.7 Exam (9L0-515)

OS X Support and Server Essentials or the respective ACTC Recertification (9L0-517) are not available with Prometric right now. The only currently available OS X Lion Certification is the Mac Integration Basics 10.7 Exam. I've taken it today. It's available online and quite easy to pass for anyone who has some hands on experience with OS X Lion and basic knowledge of well known protocols. You have a max timeframe of two hours to complete the exam, but half of that is absolutely sufficient as you see:

Test Title: Mac Integration Basics 10.7 Exam
Start time: 11/3/2011 3:28:02 PM (GMT+0:00)
End time: 11/3/2011 4:13:55 PM (GMT+0:00)
Passing Score: 85%
Your Score: Pass - 93.33% (42 earned out of 45 possible)

Not having to take the test at an authorized training center is a great convenience by the way!

- (Update (8th of December 2011) The ACTC 10.7 Recertification Exam 9L0-517 is now available online. With that you may earn both Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) 10.7 and ACTC 10.7 certification.

Link: http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/28/grubwithus-y-combinator-alumni/

After having read this and a little bit more about GrupWithUs only one question remains: When will it spill over from the US?

I'd like that.