Top news of the week: 24.09.2020.
#compliance #DSARs #DataBreach #Healthcare #VA #TikTok
Data Privacy
RT @AmyNordrum: Banning specific apps is not a great way to protect users’ data or our national security, writes @gwbstr in @techreview. Instead, he says, the US should set clear rules for how data can be collected and stored across all apps. https://t.co/rvNiEA3yOW
OpenApp bans won’t make US security risks disappear
Will the US government ban TikTok and WeChat, or won’t it—and why? With the Trump administration issuing vaguely phrased executive orders and policies about the apps, even as legal ...
RSA CDO Dr. @Zulfikar_Ramzan shares his thoughts on #compliance challenges that businesses are facing amid today's disruption. Read why efficiently responding to data subject access requests (#DSARs) is a particularly tricky challenge (via @SCmagazineUK): https://t.co/cweaa5NV1i
OpenSecurity teams strain to complete compliance audits under COVID
Don’t expect leniency from regulatory and certification bodies, but at least they are accommodating remote audits.
RT @JustinBrookman: If you're wondering why there's a new privacy ballot initiative in California, and why advocates --- and the 2018 initiative's sponsors --- are at odds over it, this is a solid primer from @GiladEdelman: https://t.co/89OJkgAZfw
OpenThe Fight Over the Fight Over California’s Privacy Future
Prop. 24 is designed to make the California Consumer Privacy Act stronger. Why do so many privacy advocates oppose it?
Simplify #compliance and reduce risk with a trusted platform and risk-based tool. Today we're announcing the general availability of Microsoft Compliance Manager: https://t.co/5Pt0i7Ckw2 https://t.co/01hilfUUva
OpenAnnouncing general availability of Microsoft Compliance Manager
As the pace of digital transformation accelerates, organizations face greater risks associated with data, users, devices, and applications. More than half of risk management decision makers ...
And here is the story from @ASankin and @suryamattu showing that even websites dealing with the most private subjects — medicine, abuse, immigration, etc. — are tracking you https://t.co/cgduTilhcL
OpenThe High Privacy Cost of a “Free” Website
Trackers piggybacking on website tools leave some site operators in the dark about who is watching or what marketers do with the data
Senators Demand More Details on #VA #DataBreach -
Lawmakers Say 17,000 #Healthcare Providers Affected; VA Disputes Claim https://t.co/G0Ufx0LQev
OpenSenators Demand More Details on VA Breach
Several Senate Democrats are demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs about cybersecurity practices after a breach that the VA says exposed data on
RT @WolfieChristl: "Facebook tells Irish court that probe threatens its EU operations"
As much as it's good that US surveillance laws are eventually challenged, I wish that all the other issues - FB's deliberate GDPR non-compliance for profit - will also be challenged soon.
https://t.co/Cu1xcbw1Xs
OpenFacebook tells Irish court that probe threatens its EU operations - newspaper
Facebook has told Ireland's High Court it cannot see how its services could operate in the European Union if regulators freeze its data transfer mechanism, the Sunday Business Post ...
As TikTok Negotiations Continue, US App Ban Gets Delayed
TikTok and WeChat both received reprieves over the weekend that helped avert U.S. blocks of their social media apps. President Donald Trump says he has given his