Articles Tagged with ''GDPR''

Online Privacy During a Pandemic: New Challenges in a New World

Five steps to hasten compliance with California Consumer Privacy Act, and safely use data as an asset

May 7, 2020

More companies are doing more business online to survive the pandemic, and that’ll create even more data privacy concerns going forward. At the same time, new privacy regulations have taken hold, most notably the California Consumer Privacy Act. What are 5 steps to achieve compliance?

Dispelling the Dangerous Myth of Data Breach Fatigue; cyber security news

Experian’s Data Breach Preparedness Study: Increased Investments in Security Aren’t Stopping Breaches

March 18, 2020

Experian® released its seventh annual corporate preparedness study, Is Your Company Ready for a Big Data Breach?, revealing that cybercriminals may still be one step ahead of companies’ security practices and investments.

Don’t Just Rely On Data Privacy Laws to Protect Information

John Carbo

February 24, 2020

Bottom line: do not rely on data privacy laws to fully protect your information.

Data Privacy Day 2020 Encourages Consumers to “Own Their Privacy”

January 28, 2020

The theme of Data Privacy Day 2020 is “Own Your Privacy.”

GDPR: Will Your Company Be Fine or Fined? - Security Magazine

GDPR Update: More Than 160,000 Data Breach Notifications Reports

January 21, 2020

Data protection regulators have imposed $126 million (EUR114 million) in fines under the GDPR regime for a wide range of GDPR infringements, not just for data breaches.

CCPA Update: Analyzing the AG's Proposed Regulations

On October 10, 2019, the California Attorney General's office published its long-awaited proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. What are they, and what should enterprises do to achieve compliance and avoid costly fines?

December 9, 2019

On October 10, 2019, the California Attorney General’s (AG) office published its long-awaited proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. The AG’s office also announced that it will hold public hearings on the regulations on December 2-5.

Education & Training

The FTC-Facebook Settlement: A Major Shift in U.S. Privacy Regulation

Mindi Giftos Ephraim Hintz

November 8, 2019

In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously stated that privacy was no longer a “social norm.” Today, the Facebook founder is no doubt viewing social norms around privacy a bit differently, as are U.S. regulators and consumers.

More Than 550 Fake 2020 Presidential Election Web Domains Found

October 16, 2019

There are currently 550 fake domains set up against the 19 Democrats and four Republicans presidential candidates, as well as Republican Party funding sites, according to "Typosquatting and the 2020 U.S. Presidential election: Cyberspace as the new political battleground" report, released by Digital Shadows.

Companies Still Not Prepared to Comply with GDPR and Potential EU Data Breaches

October 7, 2019

A GDPR survey reveals that businesses across the globe continue to face challenges understanding and responding to EU data breaches, despite making investments in new personnel and changing business practices.

State Privacy Regulations Are Long Overdue: How Can Companies Prepare?

Dominic Sartorio

October 3, 2019

For a long time, it may have seemed like consumers virtually had no power, and that businesses could do anything they want with individuals’ private information with nearly no repercussions – but that time is rapidly expiring. With increased state regulations, it is clear that businesses must step up their security game by pseudonymizing their data, rendering the data unidentifiable, so when that data travels across state lines and organizational boundaries, the data is still protected, as well as the business and its reputation.

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