How did personal information come to be so complicated? We explore the roots of privacy regulation and steps for proactive compliance.
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Privacy Regulatory Trends: Diversity Favors Fragmentation
A look at the history of privacy regulatory trends confirms it’s wisest to prepare for more complexity, not less.
Read moreLandmark Court Decision Vacates HIPAA
In a landmark decision, The Fifth Circuit Court has vacated HIPAA penalties for covered entities. Here’s what happened and what it may hold for the future of data privacy management and HIPAA regulation.
Read moreThe Past Holds the Key to Future Privacy Incident Response
Read and review the many ways that analysis and reporting can improve the health and visibility of privacy programs.
Read moreRegulatory Trends to Watch in 2020: Notifying the State Attorney General
A significant trend in proposed and recently passed U.S. state legislation is the requirement to notify the state attorney general in the event of a breach.
Read moreRegulatory Trends to Watch in 2020: Specifying Notification Contents
When investigating a story, journalists seek answers to the five Ws and one H: who, what, when, why, where, and how. Similarly, regulators are now requiring organizations to more explicitly share the details of a breach by specifying notification content.
Read moreRegulatory Trends to Watch in 2020: Increasing Specificity in Notification Timelines
As regulations continue to condense the timeframe between discovery or awareness of a breach and required notification, either to a regulator or to affected individuals, it’s increasingly critical that processes and systems are in place to streamline incident response.
Read moreRegulatory Trends to Watch in 2020: The Expanding Scope of Personal Information
In the first nine months of 2019, an average of 7.1% of data privacy or security incidents were breaches that required notification. These incidents had passed through a compliant, multi-factor risk assessment to determine the potential harm for affected individuals. Without this assessment, many companies could report a greater percentage of breaches that require notification. […]
Read moreFacing the Turbulent Twenties: Lessons from The Last Decade of Data Privacy
A new decade has arrived, ready or not. In the data privacy world, the past decade brought profound changes in the regulatory landscape and threats we could never have imagined ten years ago, but also growing awareness and new tools for dealing with the challenges we face. If the past teaches us anything, it is […]
Read moreInfographic: Trends in Changing U.S. Data Breach Notification Laws
Visualize the complex landscape of U.S. data breach notification laws in this infographic.
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