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Privacy Ref
4 years ago

Segregation of Duties and Data Inventories

A basic component of a privacy program is understanding what data you collect, where that data resides, and how it flows through your data processing systems. When combined with other characteristics of the data, this knowledge allows a privacy professional to understand what laws and regulations...
Privacy Ref
4 years ago

Data Breach

Havenly Data Breach Havenly, an interior design website, was recently a victim of a data breach. A group or individual hacker was able to gain access to databases containing roughly 1.3 million records. How this information was accessed is unclear, however there is a significant amount of informa...
Privacy Ref
4 years ago

The Weakest Embedded Link

The Weakest Embedded Link One of the most difficult vulnerabilities to overcome is human error. You cannot simply program your employees to only open specific emails or attachments and there is no guarantee that training will be effective. When it comes to phishing, you are only as strong as the ...
Privacy Ref
4 years ago

CCPA and University Surveillance Apps

It’s the turn of a new decade and a new privacy law has gone into effect — the California Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA. A quick check with some of my fellow privacy pros on how many consumer information requests received at the end of the day on Jan. 1, puts retail at higher numbers […]
Privacy Ref
7 years ago

Can Consent Fall Short in GDPR?

Over the past several months, I have been taking a deeper dive into GDPR. I have found Article 6 on the legal basis for processing data particularly interesting. There is some discussion to be had for each company and how they will process data in a particular case, but I often hear that consent ...