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Another California Data Privacy Law

Schneier on Security

While the proposed privacy initiative was initially met with significant opposition, particularly from large technology companies, some of that opposition faded in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Mark Zuckerberg's April 2018 testimony before Congress.

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Data Privacy Day: Know your rights, and the right tools to stay private

Malwarebytes

Not all data privacy rights are the same. There’s the flimsy, the firm, the enforceable, and the antiquated, and, unfortunately, much of what determines the quality of your own data privacy rights is little more than your home address. Those west of the river, however, have no such protection. Just user choice.

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Why Data Privacy Day matters

Malwarebytes

Our Lock and Code special episode on Data Privacy Day, featuring guests from Mozilla, DuckDuckGo, and Electronic Frontier Foundation can be listened to here. For users who want to hide their activity from their Internet Service Provider, VPNs can encrypt and obscure their traffic. Why does data privacy matter?

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New Data Privacy Regulations

Schneier on Security

When Marc Zuckerberg testified before both the House and the Senate last month, it became immediately obvious that few US lawmakers had any appetite to regulate the pervasive surveillance taking place on the internet. Right now, the only way we can force these companies to take our privacy more seriously is through the market.

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Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. In recent years, costly breaches and evolving data security concerns have bubbled up to a board level agenda item.

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2020 Predictions: New Challenges for Data Privacy and the 5G Hackathon

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The importance of data and the power of being an insights-driven enterprise are increasing the amount of damage that data breaches can cause. So what’s in store for data privacy and the rollout of of 5G technology? Consumer Rights and Privacy Fines.

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A look back on 2018: What was hype and what was, perhaps, underrated

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As we close in on the final few days of the year and look ahead to the clean slate that 2019 represents, I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on 2018 – specifically, what tech innovations and predictions held true, which fell a bit flat and which were entirely unexpected. Looking back at 2018, something that no one could have predicted?

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