Data Protection Archive
Ireland’s DPC (Data Protection Commission) has said it will release the findings of its investigation into Facebook and several other high-profile tech companies in June or July. Commissioner Helen Dixon told Bloomberg: “We’re at various concrete stages in all of …
Organisations that meet the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) experience a wide variety of benefits, according to a new Cisco report. The 2019 Data Privacy Benchmark Study demonstrates that GDPR compliance makes organisations less susceptible to data …
Google has been fined €50 million by the CNIL, France’s data protection regulator, for a breach of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). It’s by far the biggest fine related to the GDPR, which took effect in May 2018 and …
The ability to prevent data breaches has become a lot more important since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) took effect. You should have already been concerned about your customers’ freedom and privacy, your susceptibility to regulatory action and your …
Cyber resilience is an emerging approach to tackling the threat of data breaches and disruptions, combining elements of cyber security and business continuity management. It acknowledges that traditional approaches to cyber security are increasingly inadequate, with organisations unable to cope …
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for more than seven months now, but many organisations still aren’t fully compliant with its requirements, and some are still only just getting started. That’s obviously not ideal, but the good news is that …
A Dublin law firm transferred €97,000 to cyber criminals after its email systems were hacked, the Law Society of Ireland reports. The crooks intercepted emails about a mortgage redemption, altering one in which the client’s bank account details were listed. …
A Ping Identity study has revealed that 78% of people would no longer use a retailer’s online site if it had suffered a data breach. The 2018 Consumer Survey, which polled more than 3,000 people across Europe and the US, …
DPIAs (data protection impact assessments) help organisations identify, assess and mitigate privacy risks to data processing activities. They are particularly important when introducing new data processes, systems and technologies. They are also essential for demonstrating compliance with the GDPR (General …
One of the biggest talking points of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is its data breach notification requirements. The rules, which include a strict 72-hour deadline for reporting incidents, have caused many organisations to question how they could possibly …
