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The FTC: The Shadow Cyber Regulator That Will Determine the Future of Self-Driving Cars

October 30, 2018

The FTC is a shadow regulator on cyber, and it is impacting what businesses must do about cybersecurity. Most troublingly, it is doing so without clear standards and in apparent self-denial. This may have wide-ranging ramifications for the future of self-driving cars. Read More

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Cyber Security News

Vietnam’s New Cybersecurity Law and Push for Internet Sovereignty Reduces Freedom

July 20, 2018

Vietnam's new cybersecurity law strengthens internet sovereignty and national security at the expense of increased censorship and reduced freedom of speech. Read More

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Cyber Security News

Indian Government Mandates Cyber Security Standards for Phone Makers

September 4, 2017

Indian government subjects phone makers to cyber security standards and are required to report their hardware, software and network security measures by August 28th. Read More

Man with virtual scale screen showing the proposed internet privacy legislative framework that seeks to head off unfavourable state and federal laws

Data Protection News

Proposed Internet Privacy Legislative Framework, Backed by US Tech and Marketing Giants, Seeks to Head Off Unfavorable State and Federal Laws

December 16, 2019

A new national data privacy legislative framework has been proposed to limit notices and opt-ins instead of relying on the FTC and state governments to protect individuals. Read More

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Data Protection News

Silicon Valley Lawmakers Introduce New Federal Privacy Law

November 22, 2019

Yet more proof that a federal privacy law could be coming to the U.S. as early as next year with the introduction of the Online Privacy Act which may be more stringent than the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Read More

Hammer and gavel in front of laptop showing tightening of data breach notification laws

Data Protection Insights

Data Breach Notification Laws Around the World Are Finally Starting to Tighten

November 5, 2018

Since June 1, eight U.S. states have either amended or enacted tougher new data breach notification laws requiring notification anywhere between 30 to 60 days. While still a far cry from the 72 hours required under the European GDPR, tougher notification laws will no doubt be adopted around the world. Read More

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Data Privacy News

FCC Privacy Rules Gets a Makeover in the U.S. – And It’s Not Pretty

April 20, 2017

The rolling back of the broadband privacy rules set in place by the Obama administration only a short time ago should concern everyone with a stake in privacy. The Trump government has bowed to pressure from ISPs to allow them to in effect gather browsing data from customers – and then monetise that data through on selling it to marketing and advertising companies. In this article, we examine just how we have arrived at this point. Read More

New York evening landscape showing the newly proposed New York Privacy Act which could be tougher than CCPA

Data Protection News

New York Privacy Act Would Be Considerably Tougher Than California’s Bill

June 24, 2019

New York is the next state following California to develop its own New York Privacy Act which even though largely similar to CCPA, will still include notable exceptions that companies should be cautious of. Read More

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Data Protection Insights

Beating the Pandemic and Data Protection Are Not Mutually Exclusive

April 10, 2020

Many claim that data protection laws are preventing the use of data to track the COVID-19 pandemic which seems to be based on a false understanding of the laws. Read More

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Data Privacy News

ENCRYPT – Secure Data Act to Tackle Encryption Backdoors

June 15, 2018

Proposed Secure Data Act wants to forbid government agencies from demanding for encryption backdoors. This is a positive move but will it resolve the security vs. privacy debate? Read More