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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

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. It once might have been said that perfect compliance with GDPR generally meant being mostly compliant with most privacy laws if applied globally. The rule holds generally, too.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #17 [Head Start] Effective Methods How To Teach Social Engineering to an AI

KnowBe4

Fast Company described how Auto-GPT and BabyAGI are bringing generative AI to the masses. In general terms, autonomous agents can generate a systematic sequence of tasks that the LLM works on until it has satisfied a preordained "goal." This article prompted me to buy the new black XL T-shirt you see in the blog.

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California’s GDPR? Sweeping California Privacy Ballot Initiative Could Bring Sea Change to U.S. Privacy Regulation and Enforcement

Data Matters

6 general election ballot. Many see the law as having echoes of the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25. The CCPA also exempts data covered by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and consumer report data governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. biometric data.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. The CCPA’s definition of “consumer” is equally broad. CCPA Background.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. The CCPA’s definition of “consumer” is equally broad. CCPA Background.

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China’s PIPL has finally arrived, and brings helpful clarification (rather than substantial change) to China’s data privacy framework

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Definition of Personal information and Sensitive Personal information “Personal information” means any kind of information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, either electronically or otherwise recorded, but excluding information that has been de-identified or anonymised.