All Data Privacy articles – Page 37
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Google’s hidden breach could be regulatory tipping point
A March data breach, kept under wraps until now, could spell regulatory trouble for Google and its tech brethren.
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TrustArc now offers APEC privacy certification for data processors
Data-privacy management company TrustArc has expanded its offerings to include the new Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Privacy Recognition for Processors (PRP) Certification, making it the first company authorized as an Accountability Agent to offer the new certification.
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FTC urges a ‘rethink’ of data privacy at hearing
Amid consideration of building upon the FTC’s role in policing consumer privacy, the agency held a roundtable to discuss current rules and enforcement challenges.
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ArticleWhile supportive, tech companies haggle over federal privacy law
Well past the point of omens, it seems that a federal consumer privacy law is imminent. But what should that law be? How should it mimic GDPR requirements and those of states like California? The devil may be uploaded with the details.
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OneTrust launches California privacy law assessment tool
OneTrust, a privacy management software provider, has launched a free assessment for companies to use to benchmark their preparedness with the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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ArticleCalifornia data privacy law creates complications beyond GDPR compliance
To consider California’s new Consumer Privacy Act a locally ported version of the EU’s GDPR regime may be understating the full scope of the newly enacted approach to data privacy.
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California is first state to enact a domestic take on EU data protections
Despite the economic clout of the tech sector, California’s state legislators have passed an extensive slate of data privacy rules that take their cue from the EU’s recently enacted General Data Protection Regulation rules.
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Yahoo fined over historic data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Yahoo £250,000 (U.S. $331,203) for a cyber-attack that placed 500 million users’ personal information at risk.
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ArticleIt could get messy for U.S. companies doing business in EU
Don’t be surprised if the EU uses new data privacy laws to combat any secondary sanctions it might face by the Trump administration for continuing to do business in Iran.
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SEC, CFTC make their case for more funding, boosting cyber-security
Requesting increased funding for Fiscal Year 2019 before a Senate committee, the heads of the SEC and CFTC touted the need to ramp up their internal cyber-security efforts and external supervision and enforcement of breaches.
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ArticleTaking a pull-the-plug approach to GDPR compliance
Given the two-year lead time, few would have guessed that the best way some organisations would comply with the European Union’s stringent new data rules would be to simply cut access to services.
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1touch.io launches privacy management solution built for GDPR
Technology startup 1touch.io has launched the first data protection and privacy management and control solution born of the enormous growth of privacy regulation globally.
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GDPR is live ... now what?
With GDPR now in effect, we should soon start to get some answers regarding its enforcement and how its private right to action will play out in the legal arena.
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What to do to make sure you’re ready for GDPR
Data protection experts are emphatic about what a company’s first reaction should be if it believes it is not fully GDPR compliant as 25 May approaches: Don’t panic.
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Rabobank uses Latin to help with GDPR compliance
Jaclyn Jaeger talks with Peter Claassen of Rabobank about the bank’s collaboration with IBM to use cryptographic pseudonyms to anonymize customer information for GDPR compliance.
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Interpreting the new NIST Cybersecurity Framework
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published an update to its widely adopted Cybersecurity Framework, implementing significant revisions.
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Group wants unredacted privacy assessments from Facebook
A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit is seeking the release of unredacted Facebook privacy assessments from the Federal Trade Commission. The assessments were mandated under the terms of a 2011 consent order.
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IdentityMind is GDPR-ready
IdentityMindGlobal—a SaaS platform provider that builds, maintains, and analyzes digital identities worldwide—announced that it is now GDPR-ready in the run-up to the May 25 deadline of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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Microsoft appoints European data protection officer
Microsoft has appointed Steve May as its European Data Protection Officer (DPO), in compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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EDPS Opinion calls for enforced data protections
A recently published European Data Protection Supervisor Opinion discussing online manipulation and personal data calls for enforced data protections.