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Privacy and Cybersecurity Top 10 for 2018

Data Matters

As we begin this New Year, here is list of the top 10 privacy and cybersecurity issues for 2018: EU GDPR. The May 25, 2018 effective date for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will no doubt be a central focus of 2018. In November 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Carpenter v.

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How the PCI DSS can help you meet the requirements of the GDPR

IT Governance

With less than 6 months until the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) is enforced, organisations across Europe must consider how the far-reaching changes introduced by the Regulation will affect how they handle and protect personal data. Both the PCI DSS and the GDPR aim to ensure organisations secure personal data.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. million US customers had been affected by 2017’s Equifax breach , bringing the total number of victims to 147.9 In March, it transpired that a further 2.4

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China’s First Data Protection Measures Lifting Its Veils

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

The scope of application of the Data Security Measures. The data covered by the Data Security Measures includes personal data and important data. Requirements for personal data collection statements. Other items required by laws and administrative regulations.

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FRANCE: ONE MORE STEP TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF THE NEW FRENCH DATA PROTECTION LAW

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance [1] finalizing, at the legislative level [2] , the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation [3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680 [4]. Following-up the adoption of the GDPR, the French Law No.

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Parenting support club Bounty fined in ‘unprecedented’ data breach

Data Protection Report

On 12 April, the Information Commissioners Office ( ICO ) fined Bounty , a pregnancy and parent support club, £400,000 for illegally sharing personal data belonging to more than 14 million people. The ICO found that the data sharing was unlawful as Bounty failed to process the registrants’ personal information fairly.

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When And How Cos. Should Address Cyber Legal Compliance

Data Matters

*This post originally appeared in Law 360 on October 24, 2017. They can, however, engage in probing internal due diligence of their companies’ cyber governance and compliance posture before it is too late — that is, before a cyber event occurs. We’ve seen it happen time and again. 7] The lack of confidence, moreover, may be warranted.