In a previous post, we looked at the highest GDPR fines to date. We thought it would be interesting to show what instigates fines like these, so now...
Apr 14, 2020 l GDPR, Data Protection, CCPA
The Problem of Data Handling for Financial Services Firms
According to a recent report by Accenture, one in three financial services organisations lack either clear plans or resources to address customer ...
Feb 18, 2020 l GDPR, Data Protection, Compliance, Data Breaches, Cloud Computing
Is the US Ready for Centralized Data Privacy Enforcement?
The recent news about a proposed bill to create a central data privacy enforcing body shines another spotlight on the high-risk, high stakes shifting...
Oct 21, 2019 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance, Data Breaches, CCPA, Research, Trends, and Predictions
5 Trends Happening in Payments – Data Security is needed more than ever
A locally-famous Thai restaurant in San Diego County posted a message to customers requesting that they pay with a credit card, due to increased...
Oct 16, 2019 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance, CCPA
CCPA: Data Privacy like GDPR; Data Security like PCI DSS
Comparisons have already been drawn about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), calling it ‘the GDPR for California residents.’ However,...
GDPR’s potential fines of 20 million EUR or 4% of global annual turnover had organizations across the globe shaking in their boots, but was the fear...
I recently read a post in which someone claimed that GDPR was probably the biggest fail of 2018.
Really? I can’t stop myself from writing a comment...
Nov 29, 2018 l GDPR, PCI DSS, Data Protection, Compliance
Why Data-Centric Security Should be a Part of your GDPR Strategy
If you went to any security conference, tradeshow, or read any industry journals in 2018 you would've found yourself bombarded by lots of information...
It’s now been half a year since GDPR came into force (officially on May 25, 2018) – so it begs the question – what has been the impact?