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ADCG Launches Data Privacy Law Comparison Tool

December 16, 2020
Amy Willcox
Brazil, Breach response, C-Suite, CCPA, Compliance, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Japan, Members Only, New York State, Penalties and Enforcement, US Regulatory

In 2018, the European Union launched its landmark data privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). What followed can only be described as a wave of data privacy laws that swept the globe. Legislators from California to Brazil, to New Zealand have passed some form of data privacy law with the potential to impact…

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Verizon Releases 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report

June 30, 2020
Tim Crino
Breach prevention, Breach response, Cybersecurity, Members Only, Resources

DOWNLOAD: Verizon 2020-Data-Breach-Investigations-Report

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CFIUS Turns an Eye Toward Data Privacy

June 16, 2020
Amy Willcox
International Agreements, Members Only, Privacy

CFIUS Expands Its Reach Foreign investors in US businesses have a new set of data privacy regulations to comply with if they wish to avoid post-closing investigations or divestment. On February 13, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) took effect. This act increases the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment…

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How to Build a RACI Matrix

June 8, 2020
Amy Willcox
Governance, Members Only, Project Management, RACI

Every member of an institution–from board member to secretary–is responsible for playing a part in data privacy and cybersecurity. The caveat to this rule is that no two roles should have the same level of responsibility, and institutions which fail to properly assign duties risk inefficiencies at best, and compliance-related fines at worst. There are…

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Privacy Cages: The End of Data Privacy Laws?

June 3, 2020
Tim Crino
Data Privacy, Data Protection, Members Only

Evervault, a Dublin-based data privacy company has raised $16 million in its Series A funding round led by Index Ventures. This takes the total raised by the company to $19 million, giving it crucial resources to “build the API (application programming interface) for data privacy.” The company, founded by Shane Curran, has a simple manifesto:…

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What is Federated Learning? And How Can Differential Privacy Make it Better?

June 3, 2020
Tim Crino
Artificial Intelligence, Breach prevention, Data Mapping and Inventory, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Federated Learning, Machine Learning, Members Only, Uncategorized

Machine learning is a constantly growing technology. But some recent developments are particularly noteworthy for business leaders because they are paving the way for fairer, safer, more private, and more affordable machine learning algorithms. In 2017, Google announced that machine learning models trained with user interaction from mobile devices would adopt federated learning while, in…

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CCPA Deletion Requests Are Piling Up

May 19, 2020
Amy Willcox
CCPA, Data Mapping and Inventory, Data Privacy, Members Only

It’s impossible to predict all of the long-term effects of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), but businesses can already look to the number of data deletion requests to plot a path forward. The US privacy management firm DataGrail compiled a report on the early trends of CCPA compliance in Q1 2020. Here’s everything you…

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Complying with Data Privacy Law Lends a Competitive Advantage

May 6, 2020
Sowmya Kandregula
Data Privacy, Data Protection, Members Only, Privacy

Data governance and data privacy compliance almost always complement each other. When organizations are compliant with data privacy and security guidelines, it is likely because an effective data governance strategy is already in place. And the opposite is oftentimes also true. At the risk of oversimplifying these broad concepts, data privacy is about identifying and…

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Current Industry Regulations for Data Encryption: Are You Up to Date?

April 28, 2020
Amy Willcox
CCPA, Data Protection, GDPR, Members Only

Though data is an incredibly valuable resource, more data generally means more responsibility. A larger amount of data presents a larger attack surface for hackers to target through cyberattacks. Encryption, the act of translating data into a new form that is undecipherable without a special key, is an impactful method of avoiding these issues and…

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CCPA to be Enforced July 1: How Businesses Need to Prepare.

April 28, 2020
Amy Willcox
CCPA, Compliance, Data Privacy, Members Only

Much has changed due to the Covid-19 crisis. But one thing that’s remained unchanged is the California Attorney General’s plan to begin enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on July 1. With everything business leaders have to worry about right now, CCPA regulations can easily become an afterthought. After all, why worry about data…

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