Articles Tagged with ''privacy concerns''

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The scale of our modern economy: Balancing safety and privacy

Chip Luman Sean Lowder

In order to get the future right, the reopening process must balance COVID-19's numerous implications—health, safety, rights, and freedoms. We don’t need to dismiss privacy to gain value from the health data involved. But before we discuss how to find that balance, we need to understand the role data plays in the decision-making process and why that is even more important now.


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Combating Complacency: Getting the Most Out of Your Data Breach Response Plan

What U.S. companies should know about LGPD – Brazil’s new General Data Protection Law

LGPD is a complicated regulatory regime that will required U.S. entities subject to its requirements to undertake substantial compliance efforts.
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David M. Stauss
As documented in Dirceu Santa Rosa’s article for the IAPP’s Privacy Tracker, efforts to delay the effective date of Brazil’s General Data Protection Law – Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados or LGPD – recently failed, and the law is expected to go into force in the coming days. Brazil’s federal government also published a decree approving the regulatory structure of the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, i.e., Brazil’s national data protection authority.
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Reexamining data privacy and protection amid COVID-19

As proposed legislation unfolds, security and privacy professionals should prepare to face the implications of greater responsibility and risk when it comes to data privacy.
Ed Holmes
Ed Holmes
What are four aspects that security and privacy professionals need to consider to ensure the balance of privacy and safety in data regulations?
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Switzerland’s DPA concludes that Swiss-US Privacy Shield does not provide adequate level of protection

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David M. Stauss
The fallout from the Schrems II judgment continued with an announcement from Switzerland’s Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) that the Swiss-US Privacy Shield regime “does not provide an adequate level of protection for data transfer from Switzerland to the US pursuant to [Switzerland’s] Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP).”
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Facebook criticizes Apple's new iOS privacy policies

In June, Apple announced iOS 14 updates that, among other changes, would require apps to ask users for permission to collect and share data with developers. As a result, Facebook has just announced it would no longer collect the identifier for advertisers (IDFA) on their own apps on iPhones.
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Google to start warning users about insecure forms

Beginning in M86, Chrome will warn users when they try to complete forms on secure (HTTPS) pages that are submitted insecurely. These “mixed forms” (forms on HTTPS sites that do not submit on HTTPS) are a risk to users’ security and privacy. Information submitted on these forms can be visible to eavesdroppers, allowing malicious parties to read or change sensitive form data, says Google. 
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CCPA update: Analyzing the changes to the final CCPA Regulations

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David M. Stauss
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Malia Rogers

On Friday, August 14, 2020, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the California Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) final CCPA regulations and filed them with the California Secretary of State (SOS). The regulations were immediately effective. Notably, the final text of the regulations submitted to the SOS was modified from the one filed with the OAL. The OAG published an Addendum to the Final Statement of Reasons setting forth the changes. Many of the changes are stylistic and grammatical. However, some of the changes are substantive and will impact compliance efforts. The most notable changes are discussed below.


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US further restricts Huawei access to US technology

The Trump administration has enacted several measures to protect U.S. national security, citizens’ privacy, and the integrity of  5G infrastructure from "Beijing’s malign influence," announced US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo. 
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