On Tuesday, New York State (NYS) customer protection officials launched a data privacy consumer survey to give New Yorkers the chance to give their opinion on current data privacy issues and to influence future policies. The initiative comes as an investigation being led by New York State suggests that Facebook is accessing personal data without […]
Privacy
Up to 3 million individuals’ privacy compromised in US
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed the personal private information of nearly 3 million customers to a contractor. Data at risk include residential addresses, social security numbers and financial information belonging to citizens caught up in major natural disasters to hit the States in recent years, […]
Marriott proposals to strengthen data privacy following data breach fallout
Marriott president and CEO, Arne Sorenson has described potential changes in its cybersecurity approach to a governmental subcommittee in the US. Mr Sorenson said: “Part of our strategy going forward is to rely on encryption and tokenisation to say, ‘Whatever data we keep in this space, for example, it should all be encrypted.’ That, by […]
Australian data privacy laws “rushed”
Australia’s Consumer Data Right is being pushed through too rapidly, to the detriment of secure privacy protection, an Australian NGO has said. According to the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF), there exists a lack of adequate security measures surrounding the forthcoming Consumer Data Right (CDR). The Foundation feels the Australian government is missing out on a […]
International Data Privacy Day is upon us
Today, International Data Privacy Day sees organisations and official bodies champion the importance of something that has increasingly become the lifeblood of modern life: information itself. Today, it is data, just as much as money, that makes the world go around. It’s a world that pulsates and crackles to the rhythm of our personal details […]
New data protection bill could strengthen data privacy rights of US consumers
Recently, Google boss, Sundar Pichai faced a barrage of data security questions before the House Judiciary Committee over perceived bias of Google’s search engine and products against conservatives. Barely 24 hours later, a breakaway of 15 Democrat senators has put forward proposals for a new bill designed to galvanise data privacy online, CNET reports. As […]
Three signs that privacy is evolving like security
Fifteen years ago, the idea of data protection was hiring a hacker to test the strength of your network perimeter security. Eventually, that same guy started selling you the tools you needed to protect yourself from hackers like himself. Jump forward to 2018 and the security industry is now a multi-billion dollar market, busting out […]
eBook: Working from Home – Data Protection and Privacy Challenges
For many people, home is different. It’s a personal place. It’s a retreat from work, a safe refuge. We often behave differently there. Many of us are currently working from home, and that doesn’t just mean we bring our work home, it means bringing our office mindset home too. In a way, it’s like we […]
PrivSec200: Recognising privacy and security professionals from across the US East Coast
PrivSec 200 (East Coast) sponsored by OneTrust celebrates the achievements of individuals who are driving forward the much-needed evolvement of privacy and security processes in their organizations. As the world shifts to a privacy and security first frame of mind, it is important those who have a say over the practices of their organizations are [...]