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Schrems II – A few Things to Keep in Mind!
A couple of days ago, I have been asked whether, notably thanks to the GDPR[1] and the CCPA[2], we were seeing as professionals, a standardization in negotiations governing privacy terms. Alas, we have possibly never been so much away of such harmonization. 128 out of 194 countries have put in ...
McAfee Welcomes its ISO 27701 Certificate!
This post was also written by Darragh McMahon At McAfee, we adhere to a set of core values and principles – We Put the Customer at The Core, We Achieve Excellence with Speed and Agility, We Play to Win or We Don’t Play, We Practice Inclusive Candor and Transparency. And ...
The Schrems II Decision: The Day After
This blog is for information purposes only and it does not constitute legal advice or advice on how to achieve operational privacy and security or compliance with laws or regulations. The European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) yesterday invalidated the Privacy Shield, an agreement between the European data regulators and the ...
The GDPR, Year II
With children, reaching the age of two is usually the change from a beautiful newborn to a moving creature that has reached the terrible twos. It may be that the same is happening to the General Data Protection Regulation as it approaches the mark of its second year of enforcement: ...
How to Secure Your Data Everywhere? It’s Easy With Unified Cloud Edge
The need to protect sensitive data has two main drivers, privacy legislation and protection of intellectual property against external breaches and insider threat. 58% of the countries worldwide now have legislation in place; these will become more onerous over time. Breaches and insider theft of data is a frequently reported ...
Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence (AI) – a view from the EU Rear Window, Part II
In Part I of this blog, we discussed the debate around AI: what it is, whether it exists, and to what extent it plays a role in our daily lives. In Part II, we turn our focus to the future, and how AI must be developed deliberately and thoughtfully to ...
Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence (AI) – a view from the EU Rear Window, Part I
Much has been said about the power of AI and how tomorrow’s CISO won’t be able to provide efficient cybersecurity without it. The hype surrounding AI is based on both the quickening pace of natural language capability development and the current deficiency of capable and competent cybersecurity professionals. A quick ...
Data Residency: A Concept Not Found In The GDPR
Are you facing customers telling you that their data must be stored in a particular location? Be reassured: As a processor of data, we often encounter a discussion about where the data is resident, and we are often facing people certain that their data must be stored in a given ...
Data Privacy and Security Risks in Healthcare
Healthcare is a business much like all verticals I work with; however, it has a whole different set of concerns beyond those of traditional businesses. The compounding threats of malware, data thieves, supply chain issues, and the limited understanding of security within healthcare introduces astronomical risk. Walking through a hospital ...
The GDPR – One Year Later
A couple of weeks ago, one famous lawyer blogged about an issue frequently discussed these days: the GDPR, one year later. “The sky has not fallen. The Internet has not stopped working. The multi-million-euro fines have not happened (yet). It was always going to be this way. A year has ...
