Privacy

There is so much misunderstanding about what the GDPR is and what the GDPR does, that most of what is out there at this point is more mythology than anything else. For example, an article in Axios claimed over the weekend that ‘the notice and consent approach forms the backbone of the…

IN THEIR PUBLIC statements, appearances before Congress, and so many recent op-eds, tech leaders like Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook have professed their commitment to privacy. But in their home state of California, the lobbying groups and trade associations that represent these same companies have quietly backed legislation that privacy experts say would severely…

Running a business without adequate data security is a massive risk. Crippling data breaches are increasingly common and no business is immune. In 2018, Dubai’s fastest growing startup –Careem– was hit by a cyberattack affecting 14 million users. SMEs are especially vulnerable to attack. Without adequate information and network security you risk…

It has long been an article of faith among privacy watchers that Canada features better privacy protection than the United States. While the U.S. relies on binding enforcement of privacy policies alongside limited sector-specific rules for children and video rentals, Canada’s private sector privacy law (PIPEDA or the Personal Information…

Consider all the ways that governments are proposing to rein in Facebook. The gamut runs from regulatory fines to threats to dismantle the behemoth. Some of these measures are counter-productive. Some are poorly thought out. Some are necessary. All are insufficient. Regulators are trying to address Facebook as if it’s like…

OTTAWA, April 25, 2019 – Facebook committed serious contraventions of Canadian privacy laws and failed to take responsibility for protecting the personal information of Canadians, an investigation has found. Despite its public acknowledgement of a “major breach of trust” in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook disputes the investigation findings of the…

AN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Wednesday that it expected to be fined up to $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations. The penalty would be a record by the agency against a technology company and a sign that the United States was willing to punish big tech companies.…

When the Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s office released the results of its investigation into the Equifax breach, it only served to highlight how little the United States government has done to address the 2017 incident, which affected the data of 146 million people. So far, the United States’ attempts to rectify the…

Do you do business in California? Do you use personal data of the Citizens of California? Are you aware of the new California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) due to come into force Jan 1, 2020? To give you a taste, the CCPA requires that a business must disclose: At or…

This article is not purely theoretical waffle! It is based on the real experience of companies using the  Cassie Privacy Management platform. Cassie is currently used by organisations around the world, in 36 languages, totalling 165 million worldwide customer records with 2.4 billion preferences and making 2.5 million updates EVERY…