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Life Under GDPR: Data Breach Cost Unknown
2019-01-23 15:48

GDPR has been in effect since May 2018, but organizations are still waiting to see what impact it will have on the costs organizations might face from breach cleanup, investigations, sanctions and...

Life Under GDPR: Sizing Up the Long-Term Costs
2019-01-22 19:33

GDPR has been in effect since May 2018, but organizations are still waiting to see what impact it will have on the costs organizations might face from breach cleanup, investigations, sanctions and...

Google Fined $57M in Largest GDPR Slap Yet
2019-01-22 17:05

The French Data Protection Authority (DPA) found a lack of transparency when it comes to how Google harvests and uses personal data for ad-targeting purposes.

GDPR Complaints Filed Against Eight International Streaming Companies
2019-01-22 16:20

European NGO noyb ('none of your business') filed ten GDPR-related complaints against eight international streaming services on January 18, 2019. The complaints allege that the concerned streaming...

France Hits Google with $57 Million GDPR Fine
2019-01-22 09:33

Record Privacy Fine Sends Strong Signal to Data-Processing Technology CompaniesFrance has hit Google with a 50 million euro ($57 million) fine for violating the EU's General Data Protection...

Industry reactions to Google’s €50 million GDPR violation fine
2019-01-22 07:30

On 21 January 2019, the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) imposed a financial penalty of €50 million against Google, in accordance with the GDPR. This is the first time that the...

​4 ways to prepare for GDPR and similar privacy regulations
2019-01-17 17:58

Data privacy is no longer a nice-to-have security commodity, but a must-have commodity.

GDPR: Five tips for organizations to remain compliant
2019-01-10 06:45

For the majority of UK businesses, a huge amount of time and resource was invested to become GDPR compliant in time for the May 2018 deadline. The cost of implementing GDPR was substantial, with a...

Is GDPR Compliance Tougher Than HIPAA Compliance?
2019-01-09 20:18

Analysts: GDPR Case in Portugal Offers Lessons for U.S. Healthcare EntitiesAn EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement action against a hospital in Portugal demonstrates complying with...

The Data Care Act: A Viable GDPR Equivalent?
2018-12-21 13:18

Will the newly introduced Data Care Act prove to be a viable U.S. equivalent to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, or is it destined to fail? An analysis leads this edition of the ISMG...