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Insights and opinions on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity contributed by thought leaders from around the world.

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Cyber Security Insights

Cyber Insurance: The Policy Changes Needed To Save the Industry

February 9, 2023

In late December last year, Mario Greco, the chief executive of insurance giant Zurich sent shockwaves through the business world when he announced that cyberattacks are set to become uninsurable. Cyber insurance providers are left with no choice but to tighten their policies, or risk going bankrupt.

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Data Privacy Insights

Digital License Plates: Will This New Way to Track Vehicles Enhance or Undermine Privacy?

February 8, 2023

While the vulnerability of digital license plates to hackers poses some risks to consumers, the emergence of this new technology holds real promise for more-effective and less-intrusive vehicle tracking, both for law enforcement and the public.

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Cyber Security Insights

How Quantum Computing Could Affect the Automotive Landscape

February 7, 2023

The automotive industry uses cryptography extensively both in external and internal communication, as well as other uses. Due to the relative rigidity of automotive products, there is an urgent need to fit the vehicles to the quantum computing era as soon as possible.

Data Privacy Insights

Data Clean Rooms Alone Would Not Fix Meta’s Privacy Problems

February 6, 2023

Even if Meta were using a data clean room for marketing and advertising purposes, it would not be adequate for GDPR compliance. And without GDPR compliance, Meta can’t claim legitimate interest as a legal basis for lawful secondary data processing.

Data Privacy Insights

Data Privacy’s Tipping Point: Where We Go From Here

February 3, 2023

New research provides evidence we’re entering the Great Privacy Awakening. In the absence of a federal law, consumers are taking action: From using ad-blockers, and deleting their browser history to using their privacy rights and requesting their data be deleted.

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Data Privacy Insights

Privacy Notices and Consent Forms: Why, Even Though They Are Unwieldy, They Will Most Likely Stay With Us in the Years To Come

February 2, 2023

We should strive for a human-centric, value-driven, yet flexible and business friendly standards backed by laws and regulatory enforcement. Yet abandoning the old ways of relying on privacy notices and consent forms will remain contentious, controversial and, if it happens, still take a lot of time.

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Data Privacy Insights

AI in HR – How To Make Use of the New Hype in a Compliant Manner

February 1, 2023

The use of AI in HR is becoming increasingly popular as organizations look for ways to streamline and automate their HR processes. What are some of the risks related to privacy, bias, and employment law? Here's some best practice advice on how organizations can use AI in HR in a responsible and ethical manner.

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Data Protection Insights

Navigating the Data Privacy Landscape in 2023

January 31, 2023

Against a backdrop of looming privacy regulation, VFS Global’s Group Data Protection Officer, Astrid Gobardhan, looks at the various benefits of privacy investment for organisations – from better security, improved customer confidence, right through to brand enhancement and reduced operational costs.

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Cyber Security Insights

7 Tips for Launching a Security Awareness Training Program

January 30, 2023

Not all security awareness training programs achieve desired results. Here are items to consider when setting up your security awareness training program.

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Cyber Security Insights

Why Securing Software Should Go Far Beyond Trusting Your Vendors

January 27, 2023

Software supply chain attacks are among the most destructive strategies used by cybercriminals today. 59% of companies that have suffered a supply chain attack reported significant operational disruption, according to BlackBerry research.

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Cyber Insurance: The Policy Changes Needed To Save the Industry

Digital License Plates: Will This New Way to Track Vehicles Enhance or Undermine Privacy?

How Quantum Computing Could Affect the Automotive Landscape

Data Clean Rooms Alone Would Not Fix Meta’s Privacy Problems

Data Privacy’s Tipping Point: Where We Go From Here

AI in HR – How To Make Use of the New Hype in a Compliant Manner

Navigating the Data Privacy Landscape in 2023

7 Tips for Launching a Security Awareness Training Program

Why Securing Software Should Go Far Beyond Trusting Your Vendors

Who Will Break Who: Microsoft or Mythos?

Commercial Location Data Used to Track Deployed U.S. Military Across Theaters of Operation

Carnival Cruise Data Breach Exposes Nearly 6 Million People in Cyber Attack Linked to ShinyHunters

Megalodon Supply Chain Attack Infects Over 5,500 GitHub Repositories with Backdoors and Stealers