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GDPR compliance checklist

IBM Big Data Hub

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that governs how organizations collect and use personal data. Any company operating in the EU or handling EU residents’ data must adhere to GDPR requirements. However, GDPR compliance is not necessarily a straightforward matter.

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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. Even the world’s biggest businesses are not free from GDPR woes. Many businesses find it hard to implement GDPR requirements because the law is not only complex but also leaves a lot up to discretion.

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How to Comply with GDPR, PIPL, and CCPA

eSecurity Planet

But in order for businesses to maintain compliance with major privacy laws , they have to have security measures in place before an attack. The regulations from GDPR, PIPL, and CCPA are especially prevalent to MSPs and software vendors because they get access to data from so many organizations, but all businesses need to comply with them.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

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. PIPL Raises the Bar – And the Stakes.

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GDPR for small business: the ultimate guide

IT Governance

What is the GDPR? Second, organisations must implement security measures to protect personal data from being breached or misused, and they must disclose any security incidents involving this data. First, the UK has implemented the UK DPA (Data Protection Act) 2018 , which adopts the GDPR into national law.

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UK: First-Tier Tribunal considers first fine imposed by the ICO under the GDPR and slashes the amount by two thirds

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 17 December 2019, the ICO issued the first administrative fine under the GDPR (known as a monetary penalty notice in the UK), alongside an Enforcement Notice, against Doorstep Disparensee Limited (“ DDL ”). Some of these contained personal data and special category (health) data.

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Google fined £44 million in landmark GDPR ruling

IT Governance

Google has been fined €50 million (about £44 million) by CNIL, France’s data protection regulator, for a breach of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). . It’s by far the biggest fine related to the GDPR, which took effect in May 2018 and gave regulatory bodies much stronger disciplinary powers. .

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