June 28, 2018 will be a watershed day in the history of U.S. data privacy legislation. California has become the first state to move away from the U.S. approach of legislating data privacy in slow bits. Yesterday, both houses...more
6/29/2018
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Collection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Governor Brown ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Portability ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
State and Local Government
Facebook has recently chosen to no longer fund opposition to the California Consumer Privacy Act, which could appear on the California State Ballot as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018. According to the petition...more
“Privacy by design” – while not a new concept – is certainly enjoying a new spot in the sunshine thanks to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (50 days and counting…) and its codification of...more
4/5/2018
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Officers (DPOs) ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management
We’ve discussed privacy compliance with regulations, legal requirements, etc. in the space since this blog’s inception. “Privacy by design” – while not a new concept – is certainly enjoying a new spot in the sunshine thanks...more
2/21/2018
/ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy
The term “cloud computing,” — a process by which remote computers are used to store, manage and process data — is no longer an unfamiliar term. According to at least one estimate, “approximately 90 percent of businesses...more