Unlocking the power of today’s big data through governance
People, businesses, and machines are generating data at a staggering pace. The business expectation is that you will use this […]
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California Wants to Govern Bots and Police User Privacy on Social Media
The proposed legislation will hold social media and Internet companies accountable for user privacy, and force them to stop the […]
Lack of funding exposes US federal agencies to high data breach risks
US federal agencies suffer the highest volume of data breaches out of government agencies worldwide and budgets are part of […]
Is a Service Provider’s Privacy Shield Certification Good Enough?
The GDPR imposes two requirements when a company (referred to in the GDPR as a “data controller”) uses a service […]
U.S. Customs Wants to Use Your Face As a Boarding Pass
By 2022, the agency plans to use biometrics to identify 97 percent of travelers flying out of the country. Getting […]
Article 29 Working Party Comments on FATCA
Article 29 Working responded to a letter on effect of U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on European citizens […]
US Attorney General Sessions Announces New Cybersecurity Task Force
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the creation of the Justice Department’s Cyber-Digital Task Force, which will canvass the many […]
The Argument Against a Mobile Device Backdoor for Government
The ‘responsible encryption’ demanded by law enforcement and some politicians will not prevent criminals ‘going dark’; will weaken cyber security […]
Europe’s New Data Privacy Rules Nourish U.S. Privacy Tech Sector
That situation is changing radically, with the looming May 25 deadline for enforcement of the European Union’s General Data Protection […]
A Strong Privacy Policy Can Save Your Company Millions
Cyberattacks are on the rise, with over 1,000 data breaches occurring at U.S. organizations in 2016 alone, most often through […]
Privacy policies can conflict with personalized learning, but they don’t have to
There does not have to be tension between implementing personalized learning for students and safeguarding those same students’ privacy through […]
Russians Sentenced for Roles in Massive Data Breach
Two Russian hackers who were key players in one of the largest, most brazen data breaches involving the theft of […]