Large companies holding sensitive data – including financial services, telecommunications, business process outsourcing, hospitality, and cryptocurrency firms – as well as their IT helpdesks, are increasingly being targeted...more
11/28/2023
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
FBI ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Ransomware ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sensitive Business Information
The International Association of Privacy Professionals held its annual Global Privacy Summit on April 4-5 in Washington, D.C. Here are some things we learned.
1. Generative Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is Ubiquitous in the...more
4/13/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Governance ,
CPOs ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Technology ,
Internet ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Web Scraping
January 28 is Data Privacy Day, and on this 14th annual Data Privacy Day, I find myself reflecting on the question of data ethics.
Far from being an academic concept, “data ethics” presents a model for data management...more
That sixth sense you have that someone is listening – could it be your smart speaker? There’s a chance the answer is yes, even when you don’t ask it to. A new study from Northeastern University finds that smart speakers...more
2/21/2020
/ Audio Recording ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Compliance ,
Connected Items ,
Data Collection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Internet of Things ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Smart Devices ,
Technology Sector
On Friday, February 7, 2020, California’s Attorney General’s Office released revisions to the proposed regulations (the “Modified Draft Regulations”) for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The CCPA is a...more
Data scraping is a technique where information on one platform is exported onto another. The practice is widespread and is used for all sort of reasons, like market analysis or advertising. The kind of information located and...more
9/11/2019
/ Cease and Desist ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Rights ,
Data Use Policies ,
LinkedIn ,
Notification Requirements ,
Online Platforms ,
Personal Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Public Information ,
Web Scraping ,
Websites
You probably are employed by an organization that has a website privacy policy. I am. That’s because most organizations process personal information through their websites in some way, such as through online forms that ask...more
4/10/2019
/ Best Practices ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Use Policies ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Websites
What is the future of data privacy regulation in Massachusetts? -
On March 24, 2016, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office gave us a glimpse. In collaboration with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society,...more