Data Privacy
Data privacy, also known as information privacy, focuses on the proper handling of data usage, consent, notice, and regulatory obligations. It also includes discussion on the right to control how data is collected, shared, retained, or deleted. Our data privacy blog posts and news articles are written for compliance officers, auditors, and legal professionals. They include expert insights, opinions, training opportunities, events, whitepapers, podcasts, and webinars.
With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) going into effect shortly, eSentire’s Mark Sangster deliberates on evolving data privacy laws and how companies can ensure stronger data privacy for customers. The 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal was a watershed moment for...
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Thanks to CCPA, Californian consumers are about to have more control over their personal data. Evident CEO David Thomas stresses that identity verification is key if organizations hope to prevent fraud when responding to data subject requests. January 1, 2020...
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With the CCPA going into effect on January 1, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck partner Katherine Catlos and EC Wise CEO Jack Hakim outline key facts about the California legislation and discuss how companies can mitigate the risk of noncompliance. with...
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California has just adopted some significant amendments to the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). McDermott Will and Emery’s Michael Morgan and Wendy Zhang analyze the six amendments that just passed (and one that didn’t). Pushback from business interests – many...
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Security professionals wake every day to more and increasingly savvy data perpetrators who’ve found new and uncharted means to acquiring data. Shared Assessments’ Tom Garrubba explains why anticipatory compliance is a key way to address this issue. As sure as...
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Many suspected – and rightly so – that the California Consumer Protection Act was too messy to go forward as originally proposed, but now the changes are locked in. Russ Berland discusses the most recent amendments. On January 1, 2020,...
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Keesal, Young & Logan’s Stacey Garrett does a deep dive into how organizations can be preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), going into effect on January 1, 2020. In June 2018, California broke new ground when it was...
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The GDPR united 28 disparate data privacy laws across EU member states. It’s only logical that the same will happen in the U.S. ACA Aponix’s Alex Scheinman discusses what American companies might expect going forward. When it comes to data...
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Legislators signed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in 2018 with the goal of protecting the sensitive data of state residents. Saalex Corps’ David Stills explores how this 800-pound regulatory gorilla may dominate the U.S. data security and...
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Varonis’ Rob Sobers gives an update on the state of GDPR compliance, along with lessons for the compliance practitioner one year in. It’s important for both individuals and businesses to have a clear understanding of the goals of the GDPR...
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Despite the GDPR being in effect for more than a year, to date, there has been no certification standard for it. Coalfire’s David Forman explores how the newly published ISO 27701 is aligned with GDPR and the possibility and ramifications...
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Michael Volkov explores what may be an unpopular opinion among some in the compliance community: In terms of risk management priorities, data security may be getting far too much attention. This is likely to be a politically incorrect posting. I hope...
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