Security News > 2023 > February > While governments pass privacy laws, companies struggle to change

Organizations are required to capture, index, secure, and dispose of all PII based on differing state, federal, and foreign data privacy laws.

While global data protection regulations forced organizations to pay more attention to how they handle PII, we still see massive breaches, and millions lose their privacy daily.

While we're still far from the ideal, it's good to see data privacy enshrined as a human right.

Otherwise, prescriptive data privacy laws and aggressive enforcement that force companies to invest in innovative technologies and best practices remain the best remedy to privacy violations.

Just as public debates lead to new laws around the country, vendors change how they gather and use data on individuals-notification and collection of cookies on websites, more robust privacy settings, etc.

This premise is unacceptable: Current data privacy laws are not prescriptive enough, and don't carry a downside large enough for many companies to take them seriously.

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