Digital minister’s app lands on data watchdog’s radar after privacy cock-up
UK digital minister Matt Hancock, who’s currently busy with legislative updates to the national data protection framework, including to bring […]
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Top 10 operational responses to the GDPR: Data inventory and mapping
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation comes into force in less than four months. Even with up to 70 […]
Breach Notification in the GDPR Era
Most American organizations, and many organizations operating in certain member state jurisdictions in the EU, have been dealing with breach […]
Incident response plans must be tested
A cyber incident response plan isn’t worth the paper it’s written on if it hasn’t been tested, a Canadian lawyer […]
The 2006 Definition of Whois Purpose: Case study of the “bad old days” in ICANN
My last blog emphasized the importance of defining a purpose for Whois consistent with ICANN’s mission. It is impossible for […]
The DRIP(A) of Watson
Despite Security Minister Ben Wallace’s attempts to downplay it, the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the Watson case continues the […]
Ransomware to hit cloud computing in 2018, predicts MIT
Ransomware targeting cloud services is one of the six biggest cyber threats likely to face organisations in 2018, according to […]
‘Responsible Encryption’ Proposal is Nonsensical, Privacy Expert Says
A top Justice Department official wants the tech industry and law enforcement to find common ground on “responsible encryption,” but […]
Three takeaways from CPDP 2018
After five years in privacy, I finally attended my first CPDP this year (it stands for Computers, Privacy & Data […]
Jehovah′s Witness note-taking challenged at EU′s top court
Notes on door-to-door visits made by members of Jehovah’s Witnesses breach EU data privacy law, according to the advocate general […]
FBI Discusses Corporate Cybersecurity Needs
Howard S. Marshall, the FBI’s Deputy Assistant Director at its Cyber Division, spoke before a House committee on the biggest […]
Clamping Down On Email Panels: A GDPR Advisory
Warning to firms that monitor inboxes and aggregate data about message performance for customers: you could run afoul of the […]