All Privacy articles – Page 4
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NewsWeChat halts sign ups ahead of new privacy law
China’s social media app WeChat has temporarily suspended registration of new users in mainland China while it updates security technology so it can “align with relevant laws and regulations,” the company said.
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WebinarFuture Proofing Your Privacy Program
Standing up and fortifying your company’s privacy program is serious business, particularly when new (and varying) privacy laws keep getting added to the books, and your day job to-do list isn’t getting any shorter.
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NewsUS lawmakers call for regulation over “hacking for hire” industry
Members of the U.S House of Representatives have issued a joint statement on reports that the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used by authoritarian regimes against peaceful journalists and activists around the world.
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NewsMauritius: Storing biometric data on identity cards violates privacy
The UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that the Mauritius government violated individuals’ rights to privacy with its National Identity Card Act.
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NewsTikTok fined for violating children’s privacy
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of € 750,000 on TikTok for violating the privacy of young children.
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NewsIndia’s DNA data law raises privacy concerns
Privacy activists are concerned that the data could be used for caste-based or community profiling in a country where minority groups are disproportionately criminalised.
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NewsPrivacy watchdog issues warning after photos of jailed Zuma appear on social media
The Information Regulator in South Africa says it notes with concern photographs of former President Jacob Zuma taken in jail have been distributed through social media.
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OpinionPegasus Spyware Investigation: What Is It, and Why Does it Matter?
Yesterday, the Guardian’s Pegasus Project revealed how governments worldwide have used—or have considered using—the Pegasus malware to spy on journalists, lawyers, activists, and other innocent people.
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WebinarOneTrust GRC: Building a GRC Program That Fits Your Business | A First Line Friendly ISMS Suite
How much time do you spend transferring data across systems to execute your GRC program? Oftentimes, disparate systems across policy, privacy, IT risk, vendor risk, incident, and audit result in duplicated data across applications.
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NewsDiversity and Inclusion, Privacy in APAC, and Max Schrems feature on day two of PrivSec Global
PrivSec Global viewers enjoyed more fascinating insight today through another packed agenda of sessions delivered by experts from the world of Data Protection, Privacy and Security.
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NewsNOYB founder Max Schrems speaks at PrivSec Global
Max Schrems, aka “the man who took on Facebook and won” gave an exclusive keynote this afternoon at PrivSec Global.
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NewsUpdated privacy bill introduced in Uzbekistan
Proposed changes to Uzbekistan’s criminal code covering misuse of personal data and related matters has passed its first reading in the country’s legislative chamber.
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FeatureGRC TV Episode 1 and the big privacy debate
Episode 1: Data Protection and Privacy discusses pragmatism, activism, and arsonism in the privacy space, Big Tech, and the success of Privacy by Design.
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WebinarGDPR 3 Years On
Three years on from the entry into force of the GDPR and the privacy landscape is still as complex as ever. The past 12 months have continued to be wrought with action and a heightened sense of privacy awareness.
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ebookData Mapping: A step-by-step guide
Get your time back by enlisting a tool that does the heavy-lifting for data mapping, e-learning, activity planning and more. DPOrganizer is a full-suite privacy management solution that’s all about giving privacy professionals everything they need to be more effective in their everyday work.
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ReportPrivacy & Security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
The privacy and security laws of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have developed significantly over the past two decades, as governments increasingly recognise the importance of adequate data protection in attracting trade and investment.
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WebinarSo many assessments, so little time: How to prioritise when everything’s on fire
Risks are ever-changing, and often move faster than a privacy teams’ agenda can keep up with. That means you’ll have to make hard decisions about what actually gets done, whether you’re conscious of it or not.
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NewsBusiness Update: OneTrust to acquire ethics and compliance leader Convercent
OneTrust announce acquisition of Convercent so customers won’t have to compromise when it comes to centralizing on a platform of trust. (press release)
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NewsBusiness Update: Dutch Tech scale ups introduce technology breakthrough in world of privacy and data retention
Dutch tech scale ups INDICA and filerskeepers announce a new partnership and introduce a technology breakthrough in the world of privacy: Global Automated Legal Data Retention. This enables organisations to automatically find documents and data that need to be deleted according to any type of regulation. (press release)
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NewsBusiness Update: Inpher secures investment from the Amazon Alexa fund for consumer data protection in AI
Inpher has announced they have secured funding from the Amazon Alexa fund with plans to bring its privacy-preserving machine learning capabilities to connected devices and IoT services. (press release)