It has been announced that Microsoft plans to open a cyber security centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, creating up to 85 jobs. The new centre will provide support for enterprise customers across Europe, Middle East and Africa, with consulting and technical support to customers.Read More
When the CCPA legislation was hurriedly passed in June 2018 California became the first U.S. state to usher in new data privacy protections for its citizens. At that time however, many commentators criticized the CCPA as being riddled with drafting errors, practical problems, and constitutional vulnerabilities.In this article, we take a fresh look at the...Read More
In August, 2018, just three months after the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became law, another new legal framework governing the use of personal data was approved.Read More
January 1st 2020, and as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becomes law, businesses across the United States and beyond, the pressure is now on to achieve compliance.Read More
German internet service provider 1&1 Telecom is facing a €9.6m ($10.6m; £8m) fine after being accused of failing to carry out tough enough customer ID checks.Germany's data protection watchdog said anyone who called could get extensive personal information about someone else solely by giving their name and date of birth.Read More
Only 12 percent of respondents from a survey of 85 businesses said they were ready for the new CCPA data privacy regulation. The other 88% of companies have yet to reach “an adequate state of compliance” ahead of the CCPA. Is your company one of them? Don’t miss our ebook entitled “The CCPA Effect” -...Read More
A cyber-attack on a hospital in Rouen, France last week caused "very long delays in care". Medical staff at the city's University Hospital Centre (CHU) had to abandon computers after ransomware rendered them unusable.Read More
The California Consumer Privacy Act has had its fair share of criticism, mostly due to numerous drafting errors and ambiguities, causing consternation amongst the thousands of businesses preparing for compliance. The CCPA Effect is your FREE GUIDE to CCPA compliance. Download your own copy today!Read More
Cyber attacks from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea pose "strategic national security threats to the UK", according to the CEO of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The NCSC also warned that "large-scale global cyber crime" was a threat to "our social fabric, our way of life and our economic prosperity", despite often...Read More
The consulting team at The Data Privacy Group is constantly reviewing the challenges and effects of privacy legislation, in Europe, North America and beyond. A long list of high profile privacy and protection incidents hit the headlines during the last 24 months - and we have every reason to believe that we’re heading for another...Read More
