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On June 4, the European Commission issued new standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for personal data transfers from EU member states to other countries. This change comes on the heels of the landmark Schrems II case that alleged prior practices...

Cybersecurity is a top concern for organizations of all shapes and sizes. Whether it be a global organization or a small business, each will inevitably collect and store consumer data that hackers could attempt to steal. While significant events...

The passage of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) made it clear that the European Union (EU) is extremely serious about consumer privacy and that protecting EU citizens’ personal information is a top priority. The potential for massive...

After a cyber incident occurs, response needs to be swift and thorough to limit the fallout and ensure compliance. Some key factors that will dictate how a response should be handled include breach size, type of compromised data, applicable laws...

Data privacy remains a trending topic amongst U.S. state lawmakers. To protect personal and sensitive information in the digital age, extra safeguards are necessary, and lawmakers are prioritizing privacy so there will be penalties for data...

Countries all over the globe have been changing their data privacy landscape to account for the information protection required in the digital age. Organizations are handling large amounts of personal data gathered from numerous sources. This will...

On April 1, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a Compliance Bulletin titled “Supervision and Enforcement Priorities Regarding Housing Insecurity”. The bulletin provided guidance on efforts that mortgage servicers should...

The world is powered by data and technology. With all the focus and new legislation on data privacy, organizations need to keep governance at the forefront when reconciling the use of emerging technologies with compliance and privacy...

As consumer privacy continues to be a global concern, it is increasingly important to know where company data resides in order to maintain compliance. It is no longer just the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that...

Data privacy is an ongoing hot topic. Since the European Union’s General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) became effective in 2018, many nations have followed suit and passed or proposed laws providing consumers with more control over their data.

If you operate as a B2B organization (business to business), you are either part of the supply chain, manage a supply chain, or you fit into both categories - the latter being the most prevalent. Tools like BitSight provide insights and actionable...

Ranging from new laws to security recommendations, the overall goal is to ensure organizations who are collecting or processing data containing private information keep it safe and inform consumers on how the organization intend to use their data...