All Technology articles – Page 23
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White paper: A Next-Generation Approach to KYC
Although crucial to the success and safety of customer onboarding, implementing and maintaining a successful KYC program can sometimes create an overwhelming administrative burden. Additionally, navigating manual verification methods is costly and prone to inaccuracy, creating greater risk of customer turnover and lost revenue.
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The great privacy race? Apple, Facebook pitch data transparency
Apple and Facebook, two of the world’s most powerful companies, are jockeying over how transparent to be with their customers on whom they share users’ personal data with and what they do with it.
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Survey: Pandemic pervades executives’ top 10 risks for 2021
The aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic dominates the top risks that will keep boards of directors and executive management teams on their toes in 2021, a new survey by Protiviti and NC State’s ERM Initiative finds.
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SolarWinds hack turning into Pandora’s box of cyber-risk
The more we learn about the SolarWinds hack, the more troubled compliance officers should be by the scope and breadth of the risks their companies might have incurred.
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Incoming IIA chief Anthony Pugliese to prioritize technology, D&I
Compliance Week caught up with Anthony Pugliese, the incoming president and chief executive officer of the Institute of Internal Auditors, to discuss his plans for the future of the IIA and the internal audit profession at large.
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Spain, Italy setting new standard for GDPR enforcement
While big fines against big companies make headlines, Spain and Italy have flown under the radar as two of the most frequent enforcers of the GDPR, instead primarily focusing on smaller penalties. Might other countries follow suit?
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My Compliance Library: ‘Can You Hear Me?’ a guide for virtual connections
You might not have thought you needed it, but Nick Morgan’s “Can You Hear Me?” provides some valuable advice for getting the most out of your daily virtual meetings and conversations.
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Psychology of compliance: Counteracting bias in technology
Counteracting bias is part of the compliance officer job description, and now more than ever is it important for that duty to extend to new business technologies being implemented.
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Surveys: Rushing technology decisions comes with big compliance risks
Embracing technology to help manage risk and improve efficiencies is a trend that’s been developing in the compliance space for a while, but the pandemic has fast-tracked the urgency behind it, according to a couple of recent surveys.
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German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employee surveillance
A German data regulator fined an online laptop and electronic goods retailer €10.4 million (U.S. $12.7 million) for video-monitoring employees for at least two years without legal basis.
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Learning from SolarWinds: Five steps to fortify your cloud supply chain
For most companies, supply chain risk management traditionally focuses on managing physical third-party risks. But what the SolarWinds cyber-attack revealed is the catastrophic havoc fourth and fifth parties can also wreak in the often-ignored cloud supply chain.
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Cyber-security lessons from the SolarWinds hack
The lessons from the massive SolarWinds hack on where vulnerabilities still lurk in the third-party vendor supply chain cannot be grasped soon enough.
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Video: Twitter GDPR fine too little or just right?
Aaron Nicodemus and Dave Lefort debate whether the Irish Data Protection Commission’s €450,000 (U.S. $547,000) fine against Twitter under the GDPR is an appropriate figure or way too small for the social media company.
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FinTech darling Robinhood fined $65M for misleading customers
Mobile trading app provider Robinhood Financial, which has become a disruptive force in the stock market, has agreed to pay $65 million to the SEC to settle charges of misleading customers about how it makes money and for failing to secure best sale prices.
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Best practices for customized digital compliance training
Today’s volatile market, coupled with the increasing willingness of subject matter experts to collaborate, changes the game in some areas, where “build” starts to make more sense than “buy.” One area is digital compliance training.
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FTC data requests could pave way to federal privacy law, experts say
FTC requests issued to nine social media and video streaming services for information about how they collect and use personal information could be a step toward the U.S. government enacting federal privacy legislation.
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Twitter’s tiny $547K GDPR fine leaves many scratching their heads
Ireland’s first major decision against a Big Tech company under the GDPR has stirred controversy as the country’s data regulator hit Twitter with an underwhelming €450,000 (U.S. $547,000) fine for a 2018 data breach.
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Regulators catching up on use of analytics; compliance better take notice
If your company isn’t making optimal use of data to enhance its compliance program, now is the time to start—before it’s too late.
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Ask a CCO: How to meet data analytics expectations of both board and regulators
Six senior compliance practitioners share some big-picture thoughts on how their companies are using data within the context of regulators’ increased expectations in the area.
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France sidesteps GDPR in fining Google, Amazon $163M combined
Data privacy watchdog CNIL utilized the French Data Protection Act in fining Google and Amazon a combined €135 million (U.S. $163 million) for illegal cookie practices, sidestepping the “one-stop shop” provision of the GDPR.