Data Privacy stories

Corporates fear cybercrime and employee leaks are the biggest risks to protecting trade secrets.>>

Learning how to better protect the data used and stored by organisations’ print systems is in their best interests for the company’s future success.>>

"People are willing to support measures that stop companies from collecting and selling their personal data.">>

Research from IDC has revealed that worldwide revenues of data privacy management software grew by 46.1% year-over-year in 2020.>>

BlackLine follows information security standards in cloud services, supported by policies that enforce data security and privacy.>>

Much of this mistrust resides in how companies are perceived to be using customer data.>>

Barely four months since the Privacy Act 2020 came into force, early indications appear to suggest that mandatory breach reporting regulations are working.>>

Adobe says adopting a first-party strategy, whereby quality, permission-based data is placed at the centre of customer engagements, is the future.>>

Businesses need to correlate events intelligently across multiple threat surfaces, application layers, and time spans to connect event A, to event B, to event C — even if they are months apart.>>

Organisations should monitor all file, app, user and web activity with comprehensive activity logs to uncover the whereabouts of consumers’ data.>>

Financial institutions in Asia Pacific are paying a heavy price for not complying with some of the most common and widespread regulations designed to protect them and their customers.>>

"In our new digital economy, people around the world are becoming acutely aware of how their information is being collected, stored, and used.">>

"From a long-term sustainable point of view, organisations will need to adopt data minimisation and privacy by design and default.">>

It comes after the European Commission announced its approval of the acquisition late last month, with the condition that the search engine giant would not use Fitbit health data to target ads to users in the European Union. >>

“CIOs are striving to adapt to changing conditions to compose the future business - this requires the organisational plasticity to form and reform dynamically. Gartner’s top strategic technology trends for 2021 enable that plasticity.”>>

Whether employees are hired on a part-time or full-time basis, everyone must know about data privacy regulations. Everyone needs to be responsible for keeping the organisation’s data secure. >>

“Security and risk management (SRM) leaders need to help their organisation adapt their personal data handling practices without exposing the business to loss.">>

When Europe legislates on AI, it is certain that Australia and New Zealand will be impacted, writes SAS Europe chief privacy strategist Kalliopi Spryridaki.>>

“The expansive reach of the CCPA and scope of data it covers can make compliance feel daunting to many,” comments ISACA Privacy Group member David Bowden.>>

Respondents from China (82%), India (79%) and Indonesia (79%) are the most willing to share their data, with respondents from Japan (43%), Australia (50%) and Singapore (58%) being the least likely to trade data for more seamless experiences.>>

Bitglass’ 2020 BYOD Report suggests that BYOD and personal device security in organisations still leave much to be desired, even as more organisations adopt flexible BYOD arrangements.>>

New research from Genesys finds the two neighbours value their data privacy more than other regions - but, as always, there are key differences of opinions too.>>

Choosing a secure plagiarism checker for your school is important for building a comprehensive privacy protection ecosystem and protecting user data from leaks.>>

A consumer goods testing company says its testing of both the latest Ford Focus and Volkswagen Polo indicated the new technology offered in the cars renders users vulnerable to security and privacy breaches.>>