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The Information Commissioner’s Office Issues UK Department for Education with Formal Reprimand

Hunton Privacy

On November 2, 2022, the ICO issued to the UK Department for Education (“ DfE ”) a formal reprimand following an investigation into the sharing of personal data stored on the Learning Records Service (“ LRS ”), a database which provides a record of pupils’ qualifications that the DfE has overall responsibility for.

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What it Takes to Be Your Organisation’s DPO or Data Privacy Lead

IT Governance

As privacy professionals, we see consumers exercising their rights to withdraw consent to their data being processed via ‘opt out’ or ‘unsubscribe’ buttons, for example. Privacy is international It’s not just the EU GDPR, the UK GDPR and the DPA 2018 that we may need to ensure compliance with.

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How to prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

375 the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), making California the first U.S. state to pass its own data privacy law. For example, data collected by an entity may not be associated with an individual but could identify a household. On June 28, 2018 the governor of California Jerry Brown signed into law with Assembly Bill No.

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GUEST ESSAY: Top 5 cyber exposures tied to the rising use of international remote workforces

The Last Watchdog

For example, suppose you have workers in the EU. Similarly, different nations exercise varying amounts of authority over internet traffic. For example, a program most of your employees use to send sensitive information may be unavailable in some countries. Here are five unique cybersecurity challenges you should know about.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Laws Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). This legislation was enacted on an extraordinarily accelerated timeframe as part of compromise with the sponsor of a comparable privacy ballot initiative, which had qualified to be placed before state voters on Election Day in November 2018.

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GUEST ESSAY: 6 steps any healthcare organization can take to help mitigate inevitable cyber attacks

The Last Watchdog

Educate employees. Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). One example of this is isolating or quarantining systems with malware (virus or ransomware) from the remainder of the network. Your employees can be your first line of defense or your weakest link.

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President Biden Signs Two Bills Aimed at Enhancing Government Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

Under the Cyber Workforce Program Act, the Office of Personal Management (“OPM”) must create a rotational work force development program across federal agencies, including the development of relevant procedures, prerequisites for participation, performance measures and requirements with respect to training, education and career development.