Data Privacy

SEC Issues Statement on Cybersecurity High-profile data breaches seem to come fast and frequently these days. Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed it was the target of a cyberattack through which the criminals gained access to nonpublic information....

What Compliance Professionals Need to Know About Employee Data The deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is on the horizon, and a customer's information is not the only thing that should be on a compliance practitioner’s radar. After all,...

This report guages how prepared UK businesses are to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compared to earlier research examining US-based companies’ preparation. Key findings from the research demonstrate that data privacy is becoming more complex, companies are equally unprepared...

Firms Falling Short on Preparedness As a part of a cybersecurity initiative, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) recently performed examinations of 75 firms to assess industry practices and compliance issues associated with cybersecurity preparedness. The exams...

Avoiding the Challenges to Ensure Compliance Many companies aren’t ready for the looming GDPR deadline, and they face real hurdles in getting to “compliant.” FileFacets, an enterprise analytics and privacy compliance platform that makes it easy for businesses to locate,...

Responding to a Cyberattack Hardly a day passes without a data breach revelation in the news, and perhaps no industry is more vulnerable for future attacks than health care. In 2015, the health care industry experienced more breaches stemming from...

The expansion of business technology has been monumental in the 10 years PwC has conducted its annual Digital IQ survey, yet executives’ confidence in their ability to capitalize on digital change is at an all-time low. Directors can take strategic...

Google Ordered to Surrender Foreign Server Data Attorneys from Bracewell analyze a recent court decision ordering Google to comply with warrants issued and produce to the FBI data that was stored on servers abroad. The decision could have far-reaching implications and...

Is Your Organization Ready — Or at Risk? How would you rate your organization’s GDPR readiness? Hanzo CEO and Chairman Kevin Gibson offers five questions every compliance officer should be considering ahead of next May’s deadline for GDPR compliance. Specializing...

Key Considerations to Facilitate Smooth M&As As the list of cybersecurity breaches grows daily and headlines grow more shocking – think Home Depot, Target, Anthem, Yahoo!, WannaCry – the importance of cybersecurity in M&A due diligence has correspondingly increased. Do...

One of the recommendations for organizations to obtain PCI DSS compliance is to ensure segmentation of the cardholder’s data environment from the remainder of the network.  This reduces the eventual scope of an assessment, cost of the assessment, and overall...

FTC Issues New Guidance on COPPA The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has updated its compliance plan for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which establishes the guidelines under which personal information may be collected and used from children under...