Where necessity is all about whether AI-based processing would be possible, proportionality is all about the acceptability of the processing. Proportionality can also refer to the amount of information collected, as processing too much information can be directly disproportionate to the task at hand. However, the focus for me is whether the average person would […]
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In any cybersecurity program, as with a privacy program, the team leading the program relies on the cooperation and participation of the average employee. Here are some tips for getting employees involved in efforts sparked by the occurrence of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Automate processes Any new process that can safely be automated should be—within reason
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In May I presented a privacy focused look into artificial intelligence. I went over 7 criteria to review prior to implementing any use of AI. The first of these was necessity, whether aspects of the proposed use of AI is needed or not. As part of a series of blogs, I will go over what
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I recently received an email that I knew was a fishing email after five seconds of inspection. It wasn’t anything flashy that gave it away, just a slew of telltale signs that it wasn’t an authentic message, but some malicious correspondence meant to take advantage of a less informed individual. It can be broken down
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How to respond to AI voice scams I read a post on Facebook this morning warning me of the risk of my voice being collected for an AI voice scam. The post said that a woman answered a call from an unknown number, and the person on the other end seemed to intentionally be asking
Iowa establishes a state privacy law In March, a new privacy law was approved in Iowa, which makes them the sixth state to establish a general privacy law for residents. Here are the top three things to know about the Iowa law and what your business needs to do to comply. 1 The Iowa law
The use of artificial intelligence has become more common place and so I have begun reading and researching more about AI with regards to privacy. AI is a topic of interest for many not only because it allows for increased efficiency in many areas, but also because it opens up new ways to analyze and
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This morning I was listening, much to my children’s chagrin, to NPR as I dropped them off at school. One subject that came up was a new push by the Federal Trade Commission to rein in subscription services that make it nearly impossible to unsubscribe from. This story included direct comment from the FTC chair
During this past week we celebrated Data Privacy Day. As we usually do, Privacy Ref offered a free two hour presentation to introduce privacy to anyone interested. With over a hundred attendees, there were some great questions. One that was of particular interest was surrounding emerging topics for privacy. I answered that right now, it
The latest trends in the latest privacy operations management tools To keep up with the ever-changing privacy landscape, a lot of businesses have begun tracking their privacy program daily operations using a privacy operations management tool. A privacy operations management tool is used to help businesses record all the ways they use data to meet
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