Simply following the law is not enough to meet ethical data mining standards. Businesses need to be proactive not just because it’s the right thing to do but also for the enormous business benefits.
Ethical data privacy is both an obligation and a benefit to a business as it simplifies the adaptation to new regulatory requirements and boosts market confidence on the company.
Companies are opening up to latest cybersecurity strategies like ethical hacking to unearth their digital vulnerabilities. What could they do to ensure the hackers do not endanger their data?
As the technologies for gathering, analysing, and acting on information become increasingly powerful, we find ourselves facing a tipping point as we consider the impact of data-driven processes on the ethics in information management and the challenges of managing data privacy.
With broad extraterritorial reach, significant penalties of up to seven percent of worldwide annual turnover, and an emphasis on risk-based governance, the EU AI Act will have a profound impact on U.S. businesses that develop, use, and distribute AI systems.
The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) appears headed for adoption in May. Companies providing “core platform services”, as well as those potentially receiving data from such companies, should understand not only what the DMA requires, but also its impact on existing obligations under the GDPR.
Improvements to the first Privacy Shield include better data retention provisions and independent Ombudsman, but Data Protection Authorities still cautious.
In a landmark decision for the EU-US data transfer regime, the European Court has struck down the EU-US Privacy Shield but given respite to Standard Contractual Clauses.
The EU Cyber Resilience Act represents the most significant shift in product security requirements in a generation. Starting September 11, 2026, manufacturers must report actively exploited vulnerabilities to EU authorities within 24 hours of becoming aware of them.
EDPB guidance on cross-border data transfers post Schrems II ruling highlights a number of things that have changed that organizations will need to keep in mind when thinking about how to comply.
