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The Cool Kids Corner: Equity and Privacy

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This month, we’re talking about personal identifiable information (PII) and the privacy of that data, but also about ways organizations use personal data […] The post The Cool Kids Corner: Equity and Privacy appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find

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Hospital ratings dive and medical errors rise when private equity firms are in charge.

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Diligere, Equity-Invest Are New Firms of U.K. Con Man

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John Clifton Davies , a convicted fraudster estimated to have bilked dozens of technology startups out of more than $30 million through phony investment schemes, has a brand new pair of scam companies that are busy dashing startup dreams: A fake investment firm called Equity-Invest[.]ch ch , and Diligere[.]co.uk com — went unreturned.

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Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm

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A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. markets.

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Private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates

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Author and federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou on his new book — an exposé of private equity with a plan to fix it.

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After private equity firms gobbled up wheelchair makers, users pay the price in long repair times

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When Maureen Amirault purchased her first electric wheelchair in 2020, she had been living with muscular dystrophy for decades. Braces and a cane helped, but walking became too arduous, so she got a chair through a company called Numotion. The first few months were great. The headrest fell off, but Numotion fixed it in a matter of days.

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MIT abandons use of DEI statements

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DEI statements are affirmations made when you're applying for college admission, university jobs, or even science-society grants, recounting to the authorities your philosophy of "diversity, equity, and inclusion," your history of DEI activities, and how you will implement DEI initiatives if you get the admission/job/grant.

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