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There is a better way than pitting privacy protection against optimal analytics. The proven path is to build your reputation and customer trust by leading with data privacy protection because it is simply the right thing to do. Anticipate that the common threads of data privacy regulations worldwide are trying to provide privacy rights to […]

With just over a month to go before the US 2020 Presidential election, a company whose software shows election results was attacked by potential ransomware. The attack on Tyler Technologies so close to the nation’s elections has rattled the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and US Cyber Command. As of this blog entry date, it’s […]

July 2020 saw privacy concerns played out on a global, geopolitical scale. With both the TikTok and the Privacy Shield cases, governments were taking decisive action to protect their residents from abuse by other governments. Pointing to the similarities between the two cases is important for detecting emerging trends if more cases of similar nature […]

As companies, schools, and universities consider how to bring their employees and students back to work, on-site and in the classroom, temperature checks and privacy data have been clashing. Organizations trying to make certain it is safe to come back by using temperature checks is not so simple when they also have to be sure […]

As the amount of data stored and used by organizations around the world steadily increases, so do the risks and costs associated with lost or exposed personal information. While the reported number of data breaches varies by reporting agency, depending on the criteria used, one unmistakable trend is clear: The number of data breaches and […]

In August of 2018, Brazil enacted it’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD) which will finally come into effect on August 15th. This is Brazil’s first omnibus privacy regulation. Before LGPD Brazil has had the Brazilian Internet Act to protect online users, as well as various privacy provisions in its constitution, civil codes, and various regulations. […]

From social media hacks across high-profile accounts to misconfigured server data from major genetics and genealogy services companies, these are the top data breaches to capture news headlines over the last month. Singing Like a Canary In an almost unfathomable series of data privacy events, Twitter went 3 for 3 in May, June, and now […]

The recent decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union to invalidate the Privacy Shield’s adequacy is getting a lot of attention for its geopolitical ramifications. While the Court let the other legal mechanisms for legitimizing the cross-border transfer of personal data stand, its judgment, as well as FAQs published by the European […]

June 2020 came just about about seven months into the assault of a coronavirus generating the pandemic of COVID-19. By then, state, local, and in some cases, entire nations ordered a mishmash of inconsistent steps to manage the virus. Shelter-in-place orders, lockdowns, and ultimately curfews were imposed. The world was tuned in to favorite streaming […]