By virtue of it's name, the CCPA is implicitly designed to protect the privacy interests of "Consumers". But the big question on the lips of many business owners is... Are employees also "Consumers"?Read More
Contrary to popular belief, small businesses are not the weakest link when it comes to data security. A study entitled Securing the Partner Ecosystem, asks the question, “Are Small Businesses the Largest Risk to Supply Chain Cybersecurity?”Read More
Cybersecurity breaches that expose the personal information of consumers have become a common occurrence. And Colorado’s consumer data protection laws are there to provide comfort that should this happen to residents’ own personal data, the affected company must notify them within 30 days.The state law came into effect in September 2018. But just five months...Read More
Kaspersky Lab study finds almost all cloud data breaches are caused by humans A report published by security specialist Kaspersky Lab, has revealed that the majority of all cloud data breaches are caused, not by technology failures, by human error. The firm’s research discovered that ‘social engineering’ of staff accounted for 90% of data breaches...Read More
New research has shone a spotlight on the desperate need to create greater awareness of the looming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The resulting report has exposed a worrying gap in the understanding and implications of the impending data privacy law, which will affect any company that provides products and/or services to consumers and businesses...Read More
Slowly but surely, tech companies are diversifying by moving into new and emerging markets, including the financial services. And, if legal departments are not involved at the get-go this could easily create some regulatory headaches. Could a new EU copyright law be the harbinger of a wave of lawsuits?In January, the Supreme Court of Illinois...Read More
Will new U.S. data privacy laws prove to be too costly for small businesses?Owners of small and medium sized businesses are deeply apprehensive about the true cost of compliance with new data privacy regulations, according to a recent survey. Concerns range from a lack of budget to implement operational changes, and the impact on business...Read More
According to a recent court filing by the Washington DC Attorney General, Facebook already had knowledge of Cambridge Analytica’s “improper data-gathering practices” several months before the Guardian newspaper first reported on them, back in December 2015.The AG made the allegation while arguing against Facebook’s insistence that a document in the case be kept under seal....Read More
Would be naive to believe that Mark Zuckerberg built a social network that somehow morphed into what is basically a surveillance system?Now, Zuckerberg has plans to reshape the company to provide messaging services that serve as “fortresses of privacy”.Rather than simply being a network that connects people who want to ‘share’ their lives with the...Read More
