The EU's General Data Protection Regulation is set to not only disrupt the data industry but all business' that hold customer data. With new ruling on how business' manage their customer data, GDPR should no doubt be on every business' radar. First introduced in May 2016, the new ruling will begin to be enforced in May 2018. With less than 11 months to make the necessary … [Read more...] about Is your Data ready for GDPR?
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GDPR A Change in the Making
Organizations all over the EU must be aware by now that the Data Protection Act (DPA) will be changed into GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Some of these changes might cause some compliance issues but there's an easy way to avoid any problems, by raising awareness. The more your staff and employees know about GDPR, the less chances you have, of ever violating the … [Read more...] about GDPR A Change in the Making
Revised DFS Cyber Regulation is Out
New York States Department of Financial Services (DFS) has just released its revised first-in-nation proposed cybersecurity regulation. In formulating the revised proposal, DFS took into account the more than 150 comments it received with regard to its original proposal, which was released in September 2016. Although the new proposal maintains many of the requirements of the … [Read more...] about Revised DFS Cyber Regulation is Out
How To Protect Your Privacy In The Big Data Era?
Many of us have read the book 1984, where George Orwell describes a society with omnipresent government surveillance and without privacy. The PRISM scandal revealed that the United States, and most probably many other countries, is already trying to get a grasp on the vast amounts of data being created today in order to stop terrorism and detect criminal activities. Most … [Read more...] about How To Protect Your Privacy In The Big Data Era?