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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Location Matters.

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China’s Data Privacy Law Poses Challenge for International Companies

eSecurity Planet

Businesses that have spent the past three-plus years adapting to the European Union’s far-reaching data privacy law now have to decide how they will respond to a similar law in China that has been criticized as being more vague in its wording and harsher in its penalties. Spread of Data Privacy Laws. PIPL vs. GDPR.

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Increased GDPR Enforcement Highlights the Need for Data Security

Security Affairs

GDPR protects sensitive data like health and financial details, and its enforcement underscores the growing need for stronger data security measures. GDPR: The landscape of data privacy and protection has never been more critical. Data Privacy Framework and implementing robust data security practices.

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Data Privacy Day: Know your rights, and the right tools to stay private

Malwarebytes

Not all data privacy rights are the same. There’s the flimsy, the firm, the enforceable, and the antiquated, and, unfortunately, much of what determines the quality of your own data privacy rights is little more than your home address. The tangled web of US data privacy rights and laws. Just user choice.

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Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

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Why Data Privacy Day matters

Malwarebytes

Our Lock and Code special episode on Data Privacy Day, featuring guests from Mozilla, DuckDuckGo, and Electronic Frontier Foundation can be listened to here. Today, as Malwarebytes commemorates Data Privacy Day, so, too, do many others. Why does data privacy matter? Privacy is core to a safer Internet.

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GUEST ESSAY: A guide to implementing best security practices — before the inevitable breach

The Last Watchdog

the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)), the answer is generally that a company should implement a “reasonable data privacy and security program” under all circumstances. The technologies existing in 2018 will undoubtedly differ from those that exist in 2020. Reasonable protections.