Tag: Data privacy

The push for data privacy has exploded in recent years, with regulations such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) leading the charge. This means consumers around the globe are gaining rights regarding how their data is collected,...

Back in the early 1990s, website managers decided they needed a way to remember data about users, and the cookie was born. Browser cookies, also known as http cookies, are small text files that are deposited on your computer while you are visiting a website. Depending on your internet activity,...

Data privacy solutions are crucial for complying with privacy regulations and maintaining security. In the first nine months of 2019, there were 5,183 reported data breaches, with 7.9 billion records exposed, according to the Data Breach Quickview. Modern regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, require...

A wide range of privacy regulations govern how organizations collect, store and use personally identifiable information (PII). In general, companies need to ensure data confidentiality, avoid data breaches and leaks, and make sure data is not destroyed or altered in unauthorized ways. The...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an European Union law that governs how companies may collect and use the personal data of EU residents and how they must respond to data breaches. The GDPR codifies a set of specific data subject rights and empowers them to submit data...

In this article, you will learn answers to the most frequently asked questions about DSARs and get valuable tips for how to handle these requests efficiently.   What is DSAR?   A data subject access request is a request an individual makes to learn what personal data an organization (called a...

The right to be forgotten is best known as one of the data privacy rights laid out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). But this European Union (EU) regulation is not the only law that addresses how organizations need to respond to requests from data subjects to erase their...

Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks — and a growing awareness of the vital importance of data security and data privacy. Many governments are passing legislation to address these issues. Two of the best well known are the EU’s General...

One defining feature of 2019 was an increasing focus on data privacy around the world, including a variety of new government regulations. Data privacy is a hot topic because cyber attacks are increasing in size, sophistication and cost. Accenture reports that the average cost of cybercrime has...

Personal information (PI) is the future of business because it helps provide customers with a customized experience that leads them to buy more. However, companies can no longer collect personal data without restraint, given the growing wave of consumer rights advocacy and privacy regulations such...