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.
In light of news of substantial fines from the U.K.’s ICO, Willkie Farr & Gallagher attorneys discuss the importance of safeguarding and understanding the personal data in a company’s possession – whether its own or acquired through corporate transactions. In...
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The California Consumer Privacy Act will go into effect in just over three months, and the time to prepare is now. Mitratech’s Steven O’Donnell discusses how the CCPA compares with and differs from the GDPR and outlines how to get...
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Following the announcement of record penalties for Google, British Airways and Marriott under GDPR by French and British data privacy commissioners, where will the EU's privacy watchdogs home in next? Scott Petry, CEO of Authentic8, explains how the EU's privacy...
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Small and medium-sized businesses often understand the critical importance of compliance, but just as often don’t have the resources to manage it like larger organizations. Campbell Hutcheson, CCO at Datto, offers guidance to help close that gap. As of 2018,...
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Article 22 of GDPR states that AI cannot be used as the sole decision-maker in choices that have legal or similarly significant effects on users; human intervention is a must. Mphasis’ Eric Winston explores how companies can accelerate overall GDPR...
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The FTC has handed Facebook the largest privacy fine in history. Russ Berland explores how privacy risks in the U.S. are greater than in any other country right now. The Federal Trade Commission announced a $5 billion settlement with Facebook after...
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With over 80 percent of data breaches resulting from compromised passwords, biometric authentication systems emerge as a solution to avoid multimillion-dollar losses, hefty fines and burdensome management of multiple complex passwords. ImageWare’s David Harding discusses. Passwords don’t work anymore; in...
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In 2018, with the General Data Protection Regulation going into effect, data security finally secured a spot in the boardroom. SoftwareONE’s Mike Fitzgerald discusses takeaways for compliance practitioners in the year that’s passed since. After years of IT professionals arguing...
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Most organizations’ security and data protection efforts are seriously lacking – particularly when it comes to the human element. Abacus Group’s Jonathan Bohrer outlines three components of a successful cyber compliance program: education, protection and monitoring. Hardware, software, networks and...
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The CCPA, which goes into effect in six months, will cover data beginning in January 2019, so the time to prepare is now. Aparavi’s CTO Rod Christensen discusses the steps companies must take to ensure compliance as soon as possible....
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Businesses need to manage large numbers of network-connected devices, but how much control do we really have on our technology assets? Nlyte’s Mark Gaydos provides highlights from a recent Nlyte survey on how managers control assets now and what’s changing....
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Interconnected with the rise of AI is the growth of the IoT, which is already transforming businesses. Mayer Brown’s Linda Rhodes and Charles King III cover not only the rise of IoT, but also the risks of such technology. The internet...
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- Iconix Brand Group, Inc., Neil R. Cole and Seth Horowitz December 5, 2019SEC Charges Iconix Brand Group and Former Top Executives with Accounting Fraud
- Lester Burroughs December 5, 2019SEC Charges Connecticut Man with Defrauding Retail Investors
- SBB Research Group LLC, et al. December 4, 2019SEC Charges Hedge Fund Adviser and Top Executives with Fraud
