The first enforcement action under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) has been taken against a data controller outside the European Union. The UK’s Data Protection Authority (“ICO”) served an enforcement notice on a Canadian political consultancy and technology company without any physical presence in the EU. The notice is based on the company’s processing … [Read more...] about First GDPR Enforcement Action Taken Against a Data Controller Located Outside the EU
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2017 National Seminar and Tabletop Exercise for Institutions of Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and The University of Utah invite you to participate in the 2017 National Seminar and Tabletop Exercise for Institutions of Higher Education on October 10-11, at the S.J. Quinney College of Law. This two-day event will include workshop sessions, a tabletop exercise and an after-action review session on preparing participants to … [Read more...] about 2017 National Seminar and Tabletop Exercise for Institutions of Higher Education
PACC to Participate in the Canadian Cybersecurity Alliance
The Privacy and Access Council of Canada (PACC) will be participating in the Canadian Cybersecurity Alliance (CCA) / Alliance canadienne sur la cybersécurité (ACC). The CCA-ACC (originally initiated as the Inter-Association Working Group on Cyber Security - IAWGCS) is a voluntary, non-hierarchical, not-for-profit agile network, founded by Grant Lecky in 2013. The primary … [Read more...] about PACC to Participate in the Canadian Cybersecurity Alliance
Biometric Bonanza or Boondoggle
First it was passwords, then two factor authentication that promised to be the ultimate form of data protection. Then came fingerprint scanners as the new and improved security mechanism. And now comes word that iris scans will become the standard form of protecting smartphones from prying eyes. Or spying eyes. Like the latest version of new and improved laundry soap, each … [Read more...] about Biometric Bonanza or Boondoggle
The Motive Behind the Madness
Security industry estimates indicate that it costs $100 per person for notification/remediation about a data breach. Add to that the beneficial economic spinoffs from consulting fees, credit monitoring fees, and Identity Theft Insurance premiums, tuition fees to teach a new generation of cyber sleuths and government agents, etc., etc., and it becomes hard to dispute that there … [Read more...] about The Motive Behind the Madness
