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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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Why Data Trusts Are a Win-Win for Companies and Consumers

November 17, 2020
Amy Willcox
Artificial Intelligence, Compliance, Data Mapping and Inventory, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Data Rights Management (DRM), data trusts, differential privacy, Federated Learning, Financial Services, GDPR, Machine Learning, Uncategorized, US Regulatory

Data is imperative to many crucial business processes, like marketing, product development, fraud protection, and AI. But complying with proliferating and conflicting data privacy regulations is far from easy. And asking consumers to be responsible for making decisions about their own data privacy isn’t a solid solution. One AI expert has proposed a solution: data…

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The US Senate Proposes a Federal Data Privacy Law

September 29, 2020
Amy Willcox
Data Privacy, Data Protection, US Regulatory

Last week, Senate Republicans added to the growing pile of federal data privacy legislation drafts. The bill, known as the Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability Act (the SAFE Data Act), is a stab at a comprehensive federal privacy law. Here’s what to know about the new bill. It Embraces…

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EU Creates Taskforce to Address Fallout From Privacy Shield’s Demise

September 8, 2020
Amy Willcox
GDPR, International Agreements, Privacy, US Regulatory

Companies in the United States are just beginning to feel the impact of the Schrems 2.0 case, which heralded the end of the EU-US Privacy Shield. With Privacy Shield’s demise, the mechanism via which 5,000+ companies transferred data from Europe is no longer valid under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Standard Contractual Clauses…

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A Blueprint for a Federal Privacy Law in the U.S.

August 26, 2020
Amy Willcox
Data Privacy, Data Protection, Podcast, State Laws, US Regulatory
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While most organizations in the U.S. comply with some set of regulations on a state or international level, the United States has yet to establish itself as a world data privacy leader with a set of federal regulations. Yet many…

How Organizations Should Prepare for the New York SHIELD Act

January 21, 2020
Amy Willcox
New York State, Uncategorized, US Regulatory

How Organizations Should Get Ready for the New York SHIELD Act In the absence of comprehensive federal data protection privacy standards, states are taking matters into their own hands by passing legislation to protect the private information that companies acquire from individuals. In July, Governor Cuomo of New York signed the SHIELD act (Stop Hacks…

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Does Your Company Need to Comply With CCPA?

October 13, 2019
Tim Crino
Compliance, Uncategorized, US Regulatory
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Should Your Company Be In Compliance With California’s CCPA Law? Here’s How to Find Out. With new breaches happening every day , businesses need to act quickly to comply with a growing web of strict privacy standards. ADCG has…

U.S. Federal Reserve Breaks Ground with Proposed Cybersecurity Standards

June 25, 2019
Amy Willcox
Compliance, Federal Reserve, US Regulatory

It is no secret that malicious cyberattacks are increasing dramatically. Morphisec Technologies, a global cybersecurity firm, released its 2019 Consumer Financial Cybersecurity Threat Index in June 2019. The report states that financial institutions, globally, are targeted 300 times more often than other business sectors. That breaks down to about 2,000 attacks a day. Verizon’s 2019…

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