How the GDPR is creating the need for proper cybersecurity

Privacy Laws

The unavoidable price of non-compliance with evolving data law

Posted on April 1, 2020

Across Europe, companies of varying size have been hit with GDPR-related fines of varying amounts as a result of negligence or carelessness. As illustrated by research published by Computer Disposals Limited, this reality demonstrates that GDPR’s fines for any infractions area very real risk no matter who, or how big, you are …

Compliance

Processing of employees health data in the time of coronavirus

Posted on April 1, 2020

By Anas A. Malik, Legal Counsel & Data Protection Manager, Aon Germany. Coronavirus is an outbreak of a respiratory disease, also known as “Covid-19”. The outbreak first became noticeable at the end of December 2019 in the city of Wuhan in China. By March 2020 Covid-19 had spread into a …

Data Protection

Top tips for implementing ‘Data Protection by Design & Default’

Posted on March 31, 2020

By Lauren Webb is a senior associate at Browne Jacobson The GDPR requires all businesses to implement ‘Data Protection by Design & Default’ but what does that mean in practice and how can businesses practically comply? The concept of ‘data protection by design’ is not a new one – in …

Technology

Gaining better visibility into your data

Posted on March 31, 2020

Data is the lifeblood of any business and in today’s data driven world, information is all-pervasive and, for many organisations, is in danger of reaching saturation point. Therefore, understanding what data you have, who is using it, how it is being stored, classified and shared and whether it is company-sensitive, …

Cyber Security

Security is a process, not a one-time project

Posted on March 31, 2020

By Gerald Beuchelt, CISO of LogMeIn There is no question that digitalisation has brought newfound opportunity to businesses; however, as we are all painfully aware, it has also made them more vulnerable to security risks. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s the human factor which is increasingly the weakest link in the security …

Data Protection

Achieving data protection by design – better late than never!

Posted on March 30, 2020

By Andy Bridges, Data Quality & Governance Manager, REaD Group More than 18 months after GDPR came into effect, “52% of businesses are not fully compliant with the regulation,” according to a recent survey of UK GDPR decision-makers, GDPR Compliance Survey 2010[1]. Is GDPR still on the agenda? The greatest focus on …

Compliance

A four-step guide to engineering privacy into any system

Posted on March 30, 2020

By Nehal Maniar, Chief Technology Officer, Trūata Engineers solve problems. Indeed, the solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges – manned flight, the provision of clean water, the sustainability of human life on Earth – are, above all, engineering challenges. And engineers know this, which is why the National Academy …

Cyber Security

A future without privacy or digital security?

Posted on March 27, 2020

By Tim Mackey, principal security strategist at the Synopsys CyRC (Cybersecurity Research Center) Every so often I’m asked for a prediction. Some glimpse of a possible future from my magic crystal ball. As a cybersecurity person, I tend to look for possible outcomes – and unfortunately, those outcomes aren’t always that positive. …

Privacy Laws

#Privacy in the age of pandemics

Posted on March 27, 2020

We all want to defeat Covid-19. But how far should we go? And what about preparing for future pandemics? Do we need to enlist Big Brother to support us in this battle? It appears that in China the virus spread is declining rapidly — just 67 new cases yesterday (26th …

The unavoidable price of non-compliance with evolving data law

Processing of employees health data in the time of coronavirus

Top tips for implementing ‘Data Protection by Design & Default’

Gaining better visibility into your data

Security is a process, not a one-time project

Achieving data protection by design – better late than never!

A four-step guide to engineering privacy into any system

A future without privacy or digital security?

#Privacy in the age of pandemics

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