by CDO Review Staff | Aug 16, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law a data security measure that established standards for the state’s insurance industry in terms of data protection, investigation of cybersecurity events, and notification procedures. The law will take effect on...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 16, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Last July, New York State enacted a couple of new and tougher data security laws. The SHIELD Act takes effect on March 21, 2020 and it ups the state standard for the data security. The Identity Theft Prevention and Mitigation Act demands more positive action from...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 16, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore) has given four major US telecom companies a September 4 ultimatum for producing a plan to improved their data collection and protection policies. Wyden had previously urged these telecom companies to limit their data collection activities...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 16, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants social media companies to turn over more user data to them so they can “proactively identify and reactively monitor threats to the United States and its interests.” The Wall Street Journal further reports that...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 16, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Governments are now moving to tighten data privacy laws and companies who fail to adequately test and improve their standards for data security and privacy are due for a tough time. California started the trend towards stiffer data privacy laws and dozens of other...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 16, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
A possible billion-dollar class action suit may be in the offing for Facebook after the social media giant failed to persuade a federal appeals court that it had not illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of Facebook users without their consent....