Why so much panic around the right to erasure?
There are 23 days to go to GDPR D-day! On the 25th May, the EU General Data Protection Regulation will be enforced. There is one…
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Facebook to exclude 1.5 billion users from the GDPR
In 2008 Facebook set up its international headquarters in Ireland to benefit from the low corporate tax. This meant that all users outside of the…
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Countdown to May 25th: time to take your GDPR preparation to the next level
Companies and consumers suffered a record number of cyber-attacks and data breaches last year as businesses failed to keep data private and customers had little…
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YouTube accused of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
A group of over 20 consumers of child safety and privacy advocacy groups has accused YouTube of breaching child protection laws within the US. The…
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Focus your security efforts right: data-centric security is spot-on!
Way back when data centres were largely company owned, as well as the servers, machines, and the software installed on them, we knew where our…
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Our Privacy is under attack…it’s time to protect it!
We face an unparalleled threat to the digital safety of our personal information daily. Believe it or not, we are all fighting an information war,…
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Google in landmark ‘right to be forgotten’ case
Google has made the decision not to remove links to information that references a businessman’s criminal conviction (a criminal conviction for false accounting from the…
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The 6 GDPR privacy principles and encryptions primary role
The six principles are found in article 5 of the GDPR regulation and aim to drive compliance. Businesses should use them as a guide to…
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GDPR: Personal information and PII
The GDPR focusses on upholding the privacy rights of EU citizens-it aims to protect their data. Organisations must follow technical and organisational processes to ensure…
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Following a manageable path to GDPR compliance
It’s in the news and in our boardrooms. Everyone needs to be compliant and as of yesterday. The impending GDPR D-Day is not far off,…