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When are schools required to report personal data breaches?

IT Governance

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , all personal data breaches must be recorded by the organisation and there should be a clear and defined process for doing so. In this blog, we take a look at the scenarios in which data protection breaches in schools must be reported. How to avoid data breaches.

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California Governor Signs into Law Bills Updating the CPRA and Bills Addressing the Privacy and Security of Genetic and Medical Data, Among Others

Hunton Privacy

During the week of October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law bills amending the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), California’s data breach notification law and California’s data security law. Genetic Data: California Data Breach Notification and Data Security Law Amendment Bill.

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The heat is on, is your school #BreachReady?

IT Governance

Welcome to the new education sector blog series. In our first blog ( sign up to the series here ) , we explore data breaches. In education, losing information – either on paper or unencrypted devices and cyber incidents follow closely as does a failure to redact data with breaches in general seeing a 32% rise across the sector. .

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How to prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

1, 2020, grants to the state’s over 40 million people a range of rights comparable to the rights given to European citizens with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)–the two legislations are not that similar, but they do share some general features, GDPR is an omnibus law, while CCPA is more limited.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Laws Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

According to the bill’s author, it was consciously designed to emulate the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, and if and when it goes into effect, it would constitute the broadest privacy law in the United States. Specific categories defined as personal information include.

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East Coast Meets West Coast: Enter the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

Data Matters

Ralph Northam signed into law the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). The VCDPA, which will not enter into effect until January 1, 2023, borrows heavily from the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). the purpose for processing personal data.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Protections Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

According to the bill’s author, it was consciously designed to emulate the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, and if and when it goes into effect, it would constitute the broadest privacy law in the United States. Specific categories defined as personal information include.

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