The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA“) issued its first GDPR-fine of EUR 460,000 or $515,936. The fine was imposed on the Dutch Haga Hospital for having an insufficient internal security of patient records.

Desjardins Group Chief Executive Guy Cormier said the credit union federation will offer free, permanent data protection to all its members in the wake of last month's data breach that affected 2.7 million individuals. 

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, (the “Dutch DPA”)) announced that it had expanded its guidance on data breaches. 

Thirty-two percent of healthcare organizations store a wide range of sensitive data in the cloud, including healthcare data and personally identifiable information (PII) of customers and employees.

If you protect digital information without taking measures to protect the sensitive information found on physical documents, you are still at risk of an information breach. Workplace Privacy Policies are an effective way to extend your information security.

Threats to organizational and consumer privacy are on the rise. From ransomware to identity theft, businesses and individuals are under constant attack. To help protect organizations and consumers, Federal and State governments have enacted numerous laws to ensure the safe creation, storage, and destruction of sensitive information. Do you know how they impact your organization?

The annual Shred-it Data Protection Report is out, and the results are a little disconcerting. As insider risk increases, so does an organization’s risk of a breach.

Shred-it has just released their 2019 Data Protection Report and the insights are a little concerning. In this comprehensive study, 43% of C-Suite executives admitted their organizations have suffered data breaches and they cite “human error or accidental loss” as the main causes for their breaches.

We live in a digital world so it’s easy to think of information security in purely digital terms. But despite office modernization, paper is still a big part of our workflow; it’s estimated that the average office worker generates around 10,000 sheets of paper per year. So, if you’re building information security programs that focus only on digital protection, you may be doing only half the job.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is fundamentally changing the way in which businesses deal with the personal information of California residents.