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GUEST ESSAY: ‘CyberXchange’ presents a much-needed platform for cybersecurity purchases

The Last Watchdog

They are responding to a trend of companies moving to meet rising compliance requirements, such as PCI-DSS and GDPR. That shift will start happening in the B2B sphere and the cybersecurity industry. The vendors are well-intentioned. The pandemic is creating a huge shift in the way consumers use ecommerce platforms.

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Major Hotel Group Leaks 1TB of Customer Data

Adam Levin

Gekko Group is a worldwide B2B hotel booking platform that serves over 600,000 hotels worldwide. Because the Gekko Group is based in France, the company is subject to fines under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. . It is owned by Accor Hotels, the largest hospitality company in Europe.

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EU Regulatory Data Protection: Many pieces to the regulatory framework puzzle

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), adopted in 2016, the EU has created a solid framework for the protection of personal data in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. GDPR as a baseline for the protection of personal data. By: Heidi Waem , Simon Verschaeve. The proposed Artificial Intelligence Act.

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CIPL Submits Comments to UK DCMS Consultation on UK Data Reform

Hunton Privacy

Federal Trade Commission model for anonymized data into an updated UK data protection regime, rather than rely on Recital 26 of the UK GDPR ( e.g. , a practical rather than theoretical approach). supports DCMS’ proposal to incorporate a test based on the U.S. supports DCMS’ proposal to incorporate a test based on the U.S.

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GDPR. Forget bitcoin, data is the new currency of retail

OpenText Information Management

On May 25, 2018, the new EU data privacy regulation, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), comes into force. For … The post GDPR. Shortly after that the sky falls in and the world ends. Well, it does if some of the press comment is to be believed. But what if, just if, it’s not that bad?

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EU Regulatory Data Protection: A first appraisal of the European Commission’s proposal for a ‘Data Act’

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

This means that the Data Act would further regulate personal data in addition to the GDPR. It would also extend certain GDPR-like obligations to non-personal data, such as data portability and data transfer restrictions for non-personal data, as well as introduce completely new rules.

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California Privacy Law Overhaul – Proposition 24 Passes

Data Matters

Businesses familiar with GDPR will recognize the reference to automated decision-making, as Article 22 gives data subjects similar opt-out rights. Extends Employee- and B2B Exemptions for Two Years. Passage of the CPRA extends the limited employee- and B2B- CCPA exemptions through December 31, 2022.

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