Recent Data Breaches Prompt Big Changes in Australian Privacy Penalties Two massive data breaches exposing the personal information of millions of Australians rocked the country—one in September and another in October— prompting Australia’s parliament to swiftly respond with dramatic increases to penalties allowable under its Privacy Act. In September, telecom company Optus made public news…
California recently became the first state to enact legislation governing the profiling and processing of personal information gathered from children online.[1] The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) becomes law on July 1, 2024, and builds upon the state’s current privacy legislation.[2] The law applies to any business that provides an online service, product, or feature…
BOISE, Idaho — If you are following the various privacy laws being passed around the world, you have certainly heard a lot of chatter about cookies. You may also be annoyed by website banners that pop up whenever you view a website. What are cookies and why are they used? Cookies are small text files…
Since our previous post discussing plans for the European Union-U.S. Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, the United States has taken a significant step toward setting this new framework into action. On Oct. 7, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an “Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities,” which lays out steps the U.S.…
Privacy is a crucial part of records and information management. Privacy, however, can be a puzzling topic to approach. Formal RIM texts frequently contain little privacy. And a RIM professional’s first experience many times involves jumping headlong into some involved issues, and without much exposure to the foundations. This can be like being handed a…
Privacy is everywhere these days. And as RIM professionals, we must be aware of how privacy laws impact records and information management. But terms like ‘sectoral versus comprehensive regulatory approach,’ ‘cross contextual behavioral advertising,’ and many, different—and often convoluted—definitions of ‘personal data’ can make privacy a difficult topic to stay engaged in. Thankfully, for RIM…
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 Theme: Cybersecurity – The Mile-High View for Records and Information Management Professionals Data security breaches continue to pose real threats to organizations, and with incidents continuing to trend upward, 2023 will likely be another record-breaking year for data security intrusions. The vast majority are preventable with the adoption of basic security…
Data privacy regulations have been a hot topic in the ever-changing discussion of consumer privacy. So far in 2021, 27 bills have been proposed in states which seek to implement new or change existing data privacy laws.[1] By comparison, only two state-level bills were introduced in all of 2018.[2] One of those 2018 bills was…
Get ready to roll up your sleeves! In this webinar, we dig into a series of specific examples so you can see, firsthand, how to simplify an overly complicated retention schedule. The webinar considers common pain points and opportunities for retention schedule simplification, including: Addressing common sources of vertical and horizontal record series sprawl Optimizing…
If the last year has taught us anything, it is to sanitize, sanitize, sanitize. You are probably sanitizing your hands, your house, everything you touch, but what about the personal information you process? Laws and regulations increasingly require entities to sanitize, pseudonymize or anonymize the personal information that they collect or process. Other than defining…