As the 2022 Winter Olympics began, so too did increased concerns over security. While no threats have been detected so far, the FBI has warned that various cyber criminals could […]
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How Will Data Privacy Impact Organizations in 2022?
Since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into full force in 2018, it has raked up record fines for organizations that have failed to comply with it. […]
How Does China’s New Data Privacy Law Compare with the EU’s GDPR?
Data privacy is quickly becoming a top priority for governments around the world. So far, the European Union, Brazil, and several U.S. states have all passed some form of data […]
What To Know About China’s New Data Privacy Laws
The world’s most populated country is now regulating data privacy. As of September 2021, China passed two laws that contain data processing requirements for organizations headquartered in and outside its […]
Data Privacy Law Preparation: Four Basic Requirements
China recently joined the European Union and Brazil in passing a personal data protection law. Scheduled to go into effect on 1 November 2021, the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) […]
IBM Report: Cost of Data Breaches Soars to All-Time High During Pandemic
Data breaches currently cost businesses an average of $4.24 million USD, according to IBM’s recently published “Cost Of Data Breach Report”—the highest recorded in the report’s 17-year history. These costs […]
What Evolving Data Privacy Laws Mean for Organizations
The U.S. state of Colorado has joined California, Virginia, the European Union, and Brazil in passing data privacy legislation. These laws give users greater control over their data and empower […]
How Blockchain Will Personalize Healthcare
Modern healthcare data systems are contained in disparate and disconnected information silos in doctors offices, hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories, and mobile devices. The information is so segregated that it often prevents […]
Six Major Challenges Healthcare Organizations Must Overcome to Adopt Blockchain
Healthcare organizations are under increasing attack from hackers. According to a report published by the Protenus 2019 Breach Barometer, hackers accessed more than 15 million patient records in 503 breaches […]
Rush to Contact-Tracing Apps Expose Conflict Between Data Privacy and Public Health
Contact-tracing apps designed to track populations during the COVID-19 pandemic are raising red flags around data privacy. It has unveiled a clash between the need to protect privacy and the […]