All GRC World Forums articles in September 2021 – Page 2
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Apple’s New Child Safety Features: Privacy Benefits or an Authoritarian Governments Dream Come True?
Apple will have heard multiple objections over a new technology that will search for matches of known CSAM before the image is stored onto iCloud Photos.
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AI Regulation: Stifling Innovation or Not Going Far Enough?
There are a number of ongoing discussions surrounding whether AI can be trustwortthy or that now is the time to harmonise AI principles, but what does regulation mean for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning?
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments, Canada; Reforms, regional developments, and new regulations: How Canada is developing their Data Protection Laws
A huge number of firms in Canada are preparing themselves for changes to the Data Protection and Privacy Laws in Canada, but are these reforms going to happen?
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Social Media Data Breaches: Serious or Just a “Scrape”?
In August, Facebook suspended the accounts of NYU researchers who were investigating political ads on the social media platform.
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Digital Advertising: “Walled garden” approaches and implications on competition law
With Google’s announcement that it will phase out third-party cookies by 2022, it’s clear that those walls, which keep so much of the data inside, are about to get even higher.
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ESG: Make it measurable: integrating Data Protection & Privacy goals into business activities
Companies increased focuses on ESG, which means they are now held more accountable for how they handle sensitive customer data, specifically around their Data Protection & Privacy policies.
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International Data Flows: EU and UK data flows: The Future of the Post-Brexit Agreement
As detailed by The Law Society in the UK, “The outward flow of data from the UK to the EU/EEA remains unaffected since the UK government has determined that it considers all EU 27 and EEA member states to be adequate for the purposes of data protection.”
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UK Data Protection Index Panel
The UK Data Protection Index is produced by Data Protection World Forum and The DPO Centre. Each quarter the Index provides a glimpse into the changing attitudes and sentiments of Data Protection Officers across the UK.
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Trust: How to Use Data While Maintaining Consumer Trust
Companies are more and more reliant upon technology and data, but this comes at a time where consumers believe their information is less secure than ever before.
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How easy is it to phish your business?
As cybersecurity and cyberthreats become more prevalent in our personal and working lives, businesses have invested in solutions like antivirus software and endpoint protection to try and secure their employees, data and intellectual property.
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Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning: Regulate the Usage, Not the Technology
Many arguments that surround the regulation of AI discuss how this will stifle technology and innovation. What is the regulations centred more around the usage of AI than of the technological advancement?
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments: POPIA; The First Three Months
South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) came into enforcement from 1st July 2021.
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Data Breaches: The Brand Battle for CMOs After Your Data is Breached
Fresh cyber attacks and data breaches across Volkswagen, Audi, McDonalds and Electronic Arts highlight the growing cybersecurity and data threat. So what can marketing leaders do about preventing and reacting to these crises?
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AI cannot be the inventor of a patent, UK court rules
In a landmark decision, a London court declared that an artificial intelligence system cannot be named as an inventor on UK patent applications because it is not a person.
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Why Most CCPA Cases Will Fail: Five Hurdles Plaintiffs Must Clear
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a landmark U.S. privacy law with many laudable features. But the law’s private right of action is not among its strongest provisions. The CCPA’s private right of action only grants consumers who have suffered very specific data breaches a limited right to sue. However, this has not stopped law firms trying to force through legal challenges against businesses that have violated irrelevant parts of the CCPA.
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AI Regulation: Stifling Innovation or Not Going Far Enough?
There are a number of ongoing discussions surrounding whether AI can be trustworthy or that now is the time to harmonise AI principles, but what does regulation mean for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning?
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Global Data Protection and Privacy Law Developments, Canada; Reforms, regional developments, and new regulations: How Canada is developing their Data Protection Laws
A huge number of firms in Canada are preparing themselves for changes to the Data Protection and Privacy Laws in Canada, but are these reforms going to happen?
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Social Media Data Breaches: Serious or Just a “Scrape”?
In August, Facebook suspended the accounts of NYU researchers who were investigating political ads on the social media platform. Facebook stated that the researchers were “gathered data by creating a browser extension that was programmed to evade our detection systems and scrape data such as usernames, ads, links to user profiles”. But the discussions and arguments around scraping does not end there, as there are endless questions on its legality, and the fact that big companies use this BUT don’t want it used against them.
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Digital Advertising: “Walled garden” approaches and implications on competition law
With Google’s announcement that it will phase out third-party cookies by 2022, it’s clear that those walls, which keep so much of the data inside, are about to get even higher.
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FBI & CISA issues Conti ransomware warning
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert over the Conti ransomware.