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GUEST ESSAY: How ‘DPIAs” — data privacy impact assessments — can lead SMBs to compliance

The Last Watchdog

As the world becomes more digital and connected, it is no surprise that data privacy and security is a growing concern for small to medium sized businesses — SMBs. Related: GDPR sets new course for data privacy. Let’s look at some of the challenges faced by SMBs in today’s data privacy landscape.

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Practical Practices for Data Privacy Week

Approachable Cyber Threats

Category News, Privacy Risk Level. As a Data Privacy Week Champion , and as part of our commitment to the link between cybersecurity and privacy, we wanted to share some best practices from the National Cybersecurity Alliance about how to protect your privacy online. MFA has been found to block 99.9%

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Key Cybersecurity Compliance Deadlines You Can't Miss in 2024

SecureWorld News

From data privacy regulations to payment card security standards, businesses of all sizes must scramble to implement new protocols and strengthen their defenses against cyber threats. The Texas SCOPE Act sets its sights on safeguarding children's online privacy.

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US Federal Judge Upholds Automakers' Right to Record Texts, Call Logs

SecureWorld News

The automakers argued that their practice was necessary to provide certain features and services, such as hands-free calling and texting, and that customers had consented to the data collection by agreeing to the terms of service when they purchased their vehicles.

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Regional privacy but global clouds. How to manage this complexity?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The UN Fundamental Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. The accountability of data controllers cannot be transferred. Implementing privacy. TCS and Thales: trusted partners.

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6 Business functions that will benefit from cybersecurity automation

CyberSecurity Insiders

For many organizations, spending so much time collecting data is not conducive to innovation and growth. Automating tasks such as data collection and log and asset management can make security operations more efficient by freeing up skilled employees to work on high-level tasks that require a human touch. Data privacy.

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Not the Invasion They Warned Us About: TikTok and the Continued Erosion of Online Privacy

Approachable Cyber Threats

Users must be better protected from the outset, and the only way to ensure that is to impose significant restrictions on data collection and usage by companies seeking to monetize or use it to their asymmetric benefit in any way.