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All You Need to Know about the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
The last few years have transformed cybersecurity and data protection from niche concerns to major problems as both individuals and organizations suffered from an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks and data theft. Governments…
Data Protection in the UK Post-Brexit
After months of intense negotiations, the UK and the EU have reached a deal for the UK’s exit from the European Union or, as it’s more commonly known, Brexit. However, to gain approval, the 585-page withdrawal agreement must…
CCPA vs. GDPR: How the Two Data Protection Regulations Compare
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the most significant development in privacy legislation in the US in recent years. Hurriedly passed into law on 28 June 2018, the CCPA followed in the footsteps of the EU’s General…
Data Protection Regulations in the Middle East
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation has sparked a global legislative movement that aims to vouchsafe individuals’ privacy and curb data vulnerability. While some of these new regulations were years in the making,…
All You Need to Know About the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has sparked a global movement aimed at protecting individuals’ data and enforcing stricter regulations on entities processing large amounts of data. While some of these…
Australia’s Answer to the GDPR: The Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme
Since its adoption the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has created a domino effect around the world, with many countries moving forward with proposals for new data protection regulations or updates to existing…
Two Months Later: Living in a Post-GDPR World
It’s been over two months since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has come into force on May 25th and, after a feverish rush for compliance overtook all businesses, a period of relative calm followed in the…
Top 5 Ways DLP can help with HIPAA compliance
Health data, due to its sensitive nature, has always been considered a special category of data and invariably falls under the jurisdiction of data protection regulations. Under the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation…
Time’s Up! The GDPR is Now in Full Effect
The last two weeks have been met with varying degrees of panic by companies big and small trying to finalize GDPR compliance before the new legislation’s enforcement on 25 May 2018. What feels like a million emails were sent…
New CLOUD Act Adds Fuel to Privacy Debates
The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act was signed into law by the US President on March 23rd as part of the 2,000-page Spending Bill. The new piece of legislation addresses a controversial debate that has been…