Data Protection

The concept of consent has had a long history in privacy and data protection. Privacy consent has been evolving, especially under the GDPR. What are the expanded requirements for consent and what actions must organizations begin taking today to prepare for the coming of the GDPR on 25 May 2018?

Data subject rights are being expanded under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), impacting the business processes of data controllers and processors. With the increased complexities that lie in within each distinct right, a variety of new issues will need to be considered.

What are the far-reaching implications of GDPR for how political parties, NGOs and any community organization interfacing with the general public operates?

Now more than ever, businesses should proactively offer consumers their own comprehensive identity protection service before the inevitable breach happens.

New IAPP and EY survey on GDPR compliance showed that on average, Global 500 companies plan to spend $15.775 million on compliance costs for implementation.

As more CPOs need to interact with security, they need the right skills to integrate security into the privacy strategy and compliance with regulations.

Avoid the common pitfall of using pre-existing approach to Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) without knowing the Article 29 Working Party guidelines.

Recently released IAPP-EY Annual Privacy Governance Report 2017 shows that privacy governance is outpacing data breach reporting as a board-level concern.

While one of the primary goals of the GDPR is to harmonize data protection laws across the EU, there are over 50 provisions, which allow GDPR derogations by Member States.

With the GDPR coming into full effect in May 2018, organizations are ramping up demand for GDPR jobs including DPOs, business analysts and project managers.