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GUEST ESSAY: How stricter data privacy laws have redefined the ‘filing’ of our personal data

The Last Watchdog

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), soon to be superseded by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) on January 1, 2023, applies to both electronic and paper records. Getting credentials from each user by itself is a huge hurdle, especially when combined with no real understanding of which users have access to which data.

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Best Encryption Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

By encrypting data, it can only be accessed with the right password and by those with the appropriate access rights. Encryption technology has evolved over the years to cover data in use, and the emerging power of quantum computing has given rise to quantum cryptography. This adds a vital extra layer of security.

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Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As if things were not difficult enough, data collection in more states and countries is becoming stricter, with increased consumer protection laws leaving retailers applying tighter data privacy to their digital platforms.

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Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up?

Security Boulevard

As if things were not difficult enough, data collection in more states and countries is becoming stricter, with increased consumer protection laws leaving retailers applying tighter data privacy to their digital platforms.

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Why would a lawyer ever need an Information Security Professional?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Many information security professionals began their careers as curious youths who explored how computers worked, often pushing the machine, or the programs in that machine, beyond their expected behavior. According to history , what started as a club of model train enthusiasts, soon moved on to computers.