By Linnea Solem, Chair, Shared Assessments Privacy Committee On January 28th, organizations worldwide celebrate Data Privacy Day. The goal is to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust. Each year organizations...
By, Martin Geddes Co-Founder and Executive Director Hypervoice Consortium Co-Written By, Kelly Fitzsimmons Co-Founder and Managing Director Hypervoice Consortium Today, we can talk to a computer just as easily as can type at one. The use of Personal Voice Assistants...
Hacking and data breaches have continued to dominate media headlines, putting a stronger emphasis on Cyber Security. However, there are other emerging terms that are creating goosebumps, scary dreams, and keeping compliance professional up at night. This past week,...
While the expanded regulations and new accountabilities of the European Union (EU) Regulation 2016/679, better known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are daunting in scope, they do provide significant opportunities as well. ((Official Journal of the...
It has been a month since the UK voted to leave the EU and there is still plenty of uncertainty along the road ahead. However, when it comes to privacy law, there are some certainties. Ralph O’Brien, Principal Consultant EU at TRUSTe reviews the options. In the short...
The past month has seen two major developments on the privacy front that will have worldwide consequences for entities that handle personal data. Except for the final implementation date, we knew what to expect from the latest iteration of EU data protection language....
Last month heralded many milestones and events for those of us who tend to a bit of the geeky side of watching the political and regulatory landscape. I started and ended the month of April in Washington D.C. – The District that heralded early cherry blossoms, and...
I had the great pleasure to participate in an international roundtable in Singapore last week with Shared Assessments. The event was hosted by Deutsche Bank and was well attended with banking, service providers, and local regulatory members in attendance. Prevalent...
January 28th, is international Data Privacy Day. With a theme of Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data, and Enabling Trust, each year hundreds of organizations come together to drive awareness and education on key data protection concepts targeted to help employees,...
In my house, the boys are getting excited anticipating the presents that are going to be under the Christmas tree. My figurative presents under the tree are some thoughts from the 2015 Privacy. Security. Risk. (P.S.R.) conference presented by the International...