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Information Security vs Cyber Security: The Difference

IT Governance

Information is at the heart of any organisation, whether it’s business records, personal data or intellectual property. You’re most likely to access data on your work computer or via paper records, but information can be found in many places. Examples of information security. Examples of cyber security.

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

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Data is at the heart of the EU’s digital and green transformation, which are the two priorities of the European Commission. 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.

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Data Protection: Where’s the Brexit Privacy Dividend?

Data Protector

Some UK organisations will inevitably have to follow all the EU’s data protection rules because they will continue to process the personal data of individuals in the EU. Organisations have also spent many hours working out what legal basis each business process should rely on when personal data is processed.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters - Untitled Article

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Germany’s Data Protection Conference (DSK) recently made public an expert opinion on Section 702 of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which came under close scrutiny in the July 16, 2020 decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Schrems II).

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Saudi Arabia’s New Data Protection Law – What you need to know

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Middle East’s data protection regulatory landscape is complex, and continues to develop with Saudi Arabia’s ( KSA ) newly published Personal Data Protection Law ( PDPL ). While the PDPL contains the main features of a modern data protection law, it cannot be considered a direct analogue of the GDPR. Direct marketing.

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Your New Neighborhood Library

Information Governance Perspectives

For example, you can now go to the library for practical resources to learn about starting your small business. A QUESTION OF CONNECTIVITY They say information is at everyone’s fingertips because of computers and the internet. He gave us one example of how the privacy domain intersects with libraries.

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Draft Released in the Philippines Implementing Rules for the Data Privacy Act

Hunton Privacy

On June 17, 2016, the National Privacy Commission (the “Commission”) of the Philippines released draft guidelines entitled, Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (“IRR”), for public consultation. The IRR defines personal data as personal information, sensitive information and privileged information.