From there, it’s a very short walk to convincing yourself that GDPR is not your concern. But think again — there are a number of very common blogging activities that can put you in the GDPR firing line. #1. Collecting Email Addresses Without doubt, this is the clearest scenario in whic...
000,000 fines and the new 72-hour breach notification requirement. Yes, those are provocative highlights that generate clicks and views, but they don’t provide much guidance for organizations,security complianceofficers, and IT security professionals who need to develop a GDPR data breach response...
A data breach is an intentional or accidental security incident that leads to the access of sensitive or critical data or its exposure to an unauthorized party.
The regulations require businesses to provide a “reasonable” level of protection for personal data and privacy of citizens when transferring or processing personal data within the EU as well as exporting data to places outside of the EU. GDPR establishes a set of customer rights regarding data ...
If there is a data breach on your site, you must notify the users. You must provide information on how to contact aData Protection Officeron your site. Here is a GDPR checklist. Why do you need a YouTube privacy policy? If you offer advice on YouTube, your videos feature copyrighted ma...
Is Your Business at Risk of a Data Breach? NIST Special Publication 800-53, Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations (NIST SP 800-53 or NIST 800-53), establishes an information security standard for the federal government. Specifically, NIST 800-53 establishes...
state to pass a privacy law. The Colorado Privacy Act grants Colorado residents rights over their data and places obligations on data controllers and processors. It contains some similarities to California's CPRA, Virginia's CDPA, and the EU’s GDPR. While there are similarities, such as some...
The triad forms the basis of any organization's information security program and any time there is a data leak, data breach or other security incident you can be certain one or more of these principles has been violated. What is Confidentiality? Confidentiality is concerned with ensuring unautho...
The WhatDoTheyKnow team is alerted when a file has been blocked, which allows them to quickly delete any problematic material and inform the relevant authority that there has been a breach. In cases where it’s unclear if a data breach has occurred, the authority is alerted that hidden data...
What constitutes “doing business with the EU”? If you’re a local small business who doesn’t interact at all with the EU, I think that you are probably fine tomostlyignore this regulation. I still would recommend making some changes to your privacy policy, as I’ve written about below...