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HIPAA, Privacy, CCPA, GDPR

EU Privacy - New GDPR Data Transfer Tools

New EU data privacy laws impact companies in 2022.  In June 2021, the European Commission adopted a new set of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data outside of EU countries such as the United States. Businesses have found it challenging to ensure

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HIPAA, Privacy, CCPA, GDPR

Data Privacy - Dates to Watch for in 2022

Data Privacy - Dates to Watch for in 2022-23 Information privacy is the right of consumers to have some control over how their personal information is collected and used. For businesses, it means the risk of litigation and monetary penalties is

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Privacy, CCPA

State Privacy Law, What's Coming in California CPRA for 2022

What's new with State Privacy Laws?  CPRA applies to all data collected as of Jan 1, 2022.  In 2018 California became the first US state to give consumers new tools and rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In the November 2020

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PCI DSS, SOC2, vCISO, Penetration Testing, HIPAA, CIS Controls, Security Program, Risk Assessment, Privacy, CCPA, ISO27001

Do you have APIs? How do you test them?

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) have changed in nature in recent years and are increasingly (and sometimes inadvertently) being made available to users of web services, the “Apps” (applications) on mobile devices, and internally for the web

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HIPAA, Security Program, Privacy, CCPA

Does Privacy Shield's downfall signal the end of US-EU data transfers?

EU data protection and privacy requirements, currently established primarily in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), generally restrict personal data transfers to a third country except where “where the [European] Commission has decided

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Privacy, CCPA

Changes to CCPA for 2021

January 1, 2021 will be the one year anniversary of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) going into effect, at least in theory. Forced into existence through privacy activism and the threat of a state ballot initiative, it remains the first

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Privacy, CCPA

CCPA grants consumers private right of action - What is that?

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a California state law protecting the personal information (PI) of California residents (“consumers”), which affects most large businesses (in any state) which serve those consumers. Compliance will be

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CISO, vCISO, Privacy, CCPA

No CCPA Enforcement Delay due to COVID-19

CA Attorney General will not delay CCPA enforcement due to COVID-19 An expansive new regulation like the California Consumer Privacy Act is inherently difficult to implement, even when a global pandemic isn’t preventing staff from being available

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