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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s landmark data privacy law, took effect in 2018. Yet many organizations still struggle to meet compliance requirements, and EU data protection authorities do not hesitate to hand out penalties. Irish regulators hit Meta with a EUR 1.2

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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. Identity theft or fraud.

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U.S. states pass data protection laws on the heels of the GDPR

Data Protection Report

states have recently introduced and passed legislation to expand data breach notification rules and to mirror some of the protections provided by Europe’s newly enacted General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). See our previous blog posts on GDPR here and here. On the security front, as of March 2018, all 50 U.S.

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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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7 key stages of the data protection impact assessment (DPIA)

IT Governance

Under the GDPR, DPIAs (data protection impact assessments) are mandatory for data processing that is “likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects” Effectively a type of risk assessment, DPIAs assess how these high-risk processing activities could impact data subjects.

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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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GDPR is upon us: are you ready for what comes next?

Data Protection Report

The wait is finally over—this Friday the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force. However, the challenges of GDPR certainly don’t end on the date this law goes into implementation. Many of our clients ask us when and how they may be called upon to demonstrate compliance with the GDPR.

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