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In 2010 Finland's National Brand Committee lead by former Nokia CEO Jorma Ollila presented its paper to a former Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb. The committee stated proudly that Finland was the forerunner of democracy since Finnish women became the first in the world to have unrestricted rights both to vote and to stand for parliament. But something was left out from the report. Something which was part of the Finnish Social Policy in many decades of the 20th Century. In many countries this would be called slavery. And this is something which is quieted story of the Finnish history. A modern time slavery. Finnish historician Jouko Halmekoski writes about the modern slave market which was the fact in Finland as late as in the 1950's. He interviewed 25 persons who had been auctioned away by the local government in order to save money in sustaining the children. The lowest bidders won the custody of the child for one years period. Ironically the auction was held in the 29...

On 17th November (2012) Evernote sent an important note for its users . Surprisingly I have not seen many commentaries for this dramatic announcement. Evernote is a digital storage for your memories - photos, receipts, notes, documents - storaged in to the cloud, accessible from any device. Wonderful service answering to real user need. Evernote's announcement is the first big move from the major American digital service provider in realisation that they are a global company. Working under "US [Californian] legislation" can be an real obstacle when seeking growth potential from the enterprise customer sector. Major changes Evernote is doing : Less legal jargon making small print readable and understandable for the users Establishing Evernote GmbH in Switzerland. For "users in the European Economic Area, this means that Evernote GmbH is the data controller for data protection purposes. Arbitration of the disputes on individual basis between the user and...