eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 11, 2023

4 , also known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). If the TDPSA is signed into law, Texas could become the tenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. On May 10, 2023, the Texas Senate passed H.B. The TDPSA now heads to Texas Governor Greg Abbott for a final signature.

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AIIM

APRIL 13, 2021

Technology and apps that are helping to prevent illness, accidents, and crime also happen to collect a vast amount of personal data. Prompted by new concerns about digital privacy and ethics, The State of Virginia recently became the second state, behind California, to adopt a comprehensive consumer data privacy law.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Scientists at NTT Research are working on an advanced type of cryptography that enables businesses to perform aggregate data analysis on user data — without infringing upon individual privacy rights. Rising data privacy regulations underscores the need for such a capability, Boyle told me.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. The National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) announced earlier this year that they have expanded the Data Privacy Day campaign into Data Privacy Week , a full week-long initiative. And when a breach does happen, then our personal data is the main target.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 11, 2023

4 , also known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). If the TDPSA is signed into law, Texas could become the tenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. On May 10, 2023, the Texas Senate passed H.B. In addition to the provisions of H.B. In addition to the provisions of H.B.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A comprehensive data privacy program requires involvement from all parts of the business that deal with personal data.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data privacy is a concept that governs our everyday lives. We’re asked to hand over our personal data for seemingly everything that we do – from browsing the web to high-street shopping. In keeping with the slogan ‘Keep it private’, the campaign suggests that individuals minimise the amount of data they share online.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 4, 2021

The Hong Kong Government is proposing amendments to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “ PDPO ”) to combat doxxing acts. public display) personal data of a data subject. Also, the new provisions not only protect the data subject, but also offer protection to his/her immediate family members.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 26, 2022

On October 20, 2022, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth published a white paper entitled Protecting Children’s Data Privacy, Policy Paper I, International Issues and Compliance Challenges. Policy Paper I sets the stage for a second policy paper in 2023?Protecting

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Data Matters

JULY 11, 2023

to identify and implement a lasting solution to facilitate international data transfers following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgment in Schrems II. Department of Commerce Peter Winn , Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, U.S. Data Privacy Framework appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

On August 20, 2021, China’s National People’s Congress passed the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which will become effective starting November 1, 2021. As an overarching law in China with respect to data privacy, PIPL shares many similarities with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Data Protection Report

JULY 15, 2021

The Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Bill 2021 (the Bill) was gazetted today, 16 July 2021.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This week, we discuss the new mechanism for transferring EU residents’ personal data to the US, the first GDPR Data Protection Seal, a new ransomware attack targeting Ukraine and its allies, and the first layer in a defence-in-depth approach to cyber security: detection.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Businesses that have spent the past three-plus years adapting to the European Union’s far-reaching data privacy law now have to decide how they will respond to a similar law in China that has been criticized as being more vague in its wording and harsher in its penalties. Spread of Data Privacy Laws. PIPL vs. GDPR.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

On September 23, 2022, New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes introduced S9563 , also known as the “New York Child Data Privacy and Protection Act.” After receiving initial approval for the online product, Covered Entities would be required to submit annual data impact assessments to the Bureau.

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Data Matters

JUNE 22, 2022

Connecticut has passed a new state data privacy law slated to go into effect on July 1, 2023. Consistent with all of the state data privacy laws we have seen to date, the Connecticut law does not provide for a private right of action to broadly enforce the privacy rights provisions of the law.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 6, 2024, Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 255 , making New Hampshire the 15th state with a comprehensive privacy law. The thresholds are closer to those of, e.g. , Delaware’s Personal Data Privacy Act (H.B. The lower thresholds appear to be reflective of NH’s smaller state population.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

On August 8, 2023, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission approved 205 CMR 257: Sports Wagering Data Privacy , a set of regulations designed to create new rights and obligations with respect to sports betting operators’ use of patrons’ Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information.

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IT Governance

MARCH 24, 2022

That figure might not come as a surprise, given the growing awareness of data privacy. There are regular news stories of data breaches, while the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has changed the way organisations handle personal data. The lack of data breaches isn’t purely good fortune, though.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 22, 2023

reports that in early August 2023, the Indian Parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (the “Act”), bringing to a close a 5-year process to enact an omnibus data privacy law in India. The Act significantly updates a previous draft, and departs substantially from the GDPR model of privacy laws.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

On November 17, 2020, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Navdeep Bains, tabled proposed legislation in Parliament that aims to overhaul Canada’s data privacy law. The CPPA would create new data privacy obligations and maintain PIPEDA’s principles.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2023

The bright side of data privacy compliance: 5 value-driven opportunities for retailers madhav Thu, 08/31/2023 - 05:20 Failing to keep up with data privacy legislations, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can harm a brand’s bottom-line and public reputation.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

Italy’s data privacy watchdog launched an investigation into the “potential risks” associated with the use of Russian antivirus software Kaspersky. Italy’s data privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into potential risks associated with the use of the Kaspersky antivirus.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The global data privacy landscape is changing and everyday we can see new regulations emerge. These regulations are encouraging organizations to be better custodians of the consumers data and create a healthier space for data privacy. Tracking Personal Data.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

A flurry of significant European Court of Justice judgments relating to data protection were published in the final few months of 2023.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

On February 28, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued its Opinion 5/2023 on the European Commission Draft Implementing Decision on the adequate protection of personal data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Opinion”).

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On 11 August 2023, India’s long-awaited law governing data protection – the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ( DPDP Act ) – received the President’s assent and was published in the official gazette the following day. data subjects, using the GDPR terminology) located within India.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The data included shoppers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, countries of residence and membership numbers. The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 6 – 12 November 2023 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Records breached: 79,582 Ontario hospitals update: information relating to 5.6

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Records breached: Unknown, but sensitive personal data was probably breached. BHI Energy Announces Data Breach Affecting Confidential Information of 91k Individuals Date of breach: 29 June 2023 (filed notice with the Attorney General of Maine on 18 October 2023). It’s unclear whether personal data has been breached.

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Collibra

MAY 12, 2020

In our last blog, we discussed the importance of data governance when building an effective data privacy and compliance program. Now we’re moving a little bit deeper into how your data team can collaborate with others to implement a privacy strategy. Access to personal information benefits every department.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 31, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued an Information Note regarding data transfers to the U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the “Data Privacy Framework”) on July 10, 2023 (the “Information Note”). following the adoption of an adequacy decision on the EU-U.S.

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Data Matters

MARCH 24, 2022

With federal consumer privacy bills gaining little traction, the Uniform Law Commission proposes the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act (UPDPA) as an alternative to the existing quilt of state consumer privacy laws. * This article first appeared in Legaltech News on March 22, 2024, available here.

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The declining cost of electronic data storage may have caused some company executives to conclude that retaining personal data forever is “cheap.” The matter involved one of France’s largest insurers, SGAM AG2R LA MONDIALE, which was subject to an inspection by the French data protection authority (the CNIL), in 2019.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 29, 2023

The UK and the US Build a ‘Data Bridge’ to Facilitate Personal Data Movements andrew.gertz@t… Tue, 08/29/2023 - 13:41 Modern-day business transactions heavily rely on international data transfers. The new “data bridge” would extend the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring , after the law was previously passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in April. Connecticut is now the fifth state to enact a consumer privacy law.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 28, 2022

Defending your enterprise against a sea of increasingly stringent data privacy laws. While international privacy regulations are front and center in much of the press I’d like to turn your attention to a developing patchwork of US Federal and State privacy regulations in this post. The Colorado Privacy Act ( CPA ).

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