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  A Big Deal for Companies Managing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) is a global challenge that continues to grow as more privacy regulations give individuals the right to see what information companies keep about them and to request updates to it, or even its outright deletion—which is known as the right to be forgotten […]

Data hacks have become an unfortunate reality that’s happening all over the world. Despite the advances made by security experts, the breaches of last month show that organizations must do better when it comes to data security. Here are some of the top trending breaches to hit news headlines last month. NPP Australia August 21, […]

Over the past decade, the retail industry has undergone significant transformation and continues to evolve. Among a series of changes that have impacted the retail landscape, the role of data has been one of the most significant. For retailers, data has always been integral to making intelligent business decisions; however, increasing data types and volumes […]

1. National Australia Bank (NAB) July 29, 2019: A data breach shook NAB after the names and contact information of approximately 13,000 clients were accidentally disclosed with two data service enterprises. NAB, Australia’s fourth-largest financial institution, acknowledged that this is the second significant leak of customer data that the banking major encountered within three years. […]

In today’s digital world where data is everywhere, enterprise data catalogs have become a “must-have” asset within information architectures. While some years back, it was considered more of a “nice-to-have”, over time things have changed significantly. Why is that so? Nowadays, most businesses gather enormous amounts of data, sometimes in various data formats, making it […]

The recent breach at Capital One brings to the forefront the concerns companies have about moving personal information to the cloud. It shouldn’t. The incident, which involved a rogue former employee of AWS, suggests the conditions that allowed the breach to manifest are not necessarily related to where the data was hosted, but how it […]

Last year, the European GDPR was “all over the place.” This year, it is the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) hogging the limelight. It’s no secret that data privacy is a hot topic and that it will continue to be so in the coming weeks. Although the CCPA will go into effect on January 2020, […]

This month we take a look at the latest trending headlines related to data privacy and security. GDPR Penalties and Fines Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect last year on May 25, focus on data security has increased worldwide. In the past year, the European Commission has displayed seriousness towards GDPR […]

With every passing year, data breach threats are growing at a robust pace and showing no signs of slowing down. Moreover, these threats are not just regarding the overall number of data breach incidents but also their cost, giving sleepless nights to people from the technology side of an enterprise as well as C-level executives. […]

May 25, 2019 marked the one-year anniversary of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force. Various privacy professionals have taken to the media to share their perspectives on this first year of the regulation, and we highlight a few of those articles here. At Dataguise, we’ve been paying particular attention to the […]