Capital One has revealed that personal information, including Social Security and bank account numbers of more than 100 million people was stolen during a hack that led to the arrest of a Seattle woman. Read More
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
By now, companies that do business in the state of California should have January 1, 2020 clearly marked on their calendars. As if you didn't know, that's the data that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) comes into effect.Read More
CHICAGO – In the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal a panel of three judges has unanimously agreed that airlines should not face class action lawsuits over the use of employee fingerprint scans for biometric punch clocks. In early March 209, attorneys Steven Hart and John Marrese, of law firm Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge LLC...Read More
With no signs of a new federal law any time soon, despite successive hearings in Congress on the subject of consumer privacy, states across the U.S. are continuing to focus their own spotlight on the tech industry.Read More
While individual states continue to make their own arrangements for consumer privacy, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are still debating what form a federal privacy bill should take. And as matters continue to drag on, agreement on consumers’ rights shows no signs of being solidified any time soon. There is division in the house, as Republicans...Read More
Search giant Google opens a new centre in Germany to improve data privacy Last week, Google opened a new privacy focused engineering centre in Munich, Germany, in a move to improve its data protection credentials. CEO Sundar Pichai said Google is expanding its operations in the southern German city, including doubling the number of data...Read More
61% of IT professionals have experienced a serious data breach, survey reveals. | Increasing severity of cyberattacks needs security systems integration and and employee training. It has been reported that IT professionals are struggling to protect their organisations against security breaches, with 61% claiming to have experienced a serious data breach while working for their...Read More
