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April 11, 2019

What is personal information? In legal terms, it depends

In early March, cybersecurity professionals around the world filled the San Francisco Moscone Convention Center’s sprawling exhibition halls to discuss and learn about everything infosec, from public key encryption to incident response, and from machine learning to domestic abuse. It was RSA Conference 2019, and Malwarebytes showed up to attend and present. Our Wednesday afternoon session—“One … [Read more...]

Filed Under: California Consumer Privacy Act, cybersecurity law, data breach notification, data breach notification law, data privacy legislation, data protection law, European Union, GDPR, general data protection regulation, online privacy, personal data, personal information, personally identifiable information, privacy, RSA Conference, Security world
February 8, 2019

Results of Facebook investigation coming this summer, says DPC

Ireland’s DPC (Data Protection Commission) has said it will release the findings of its investigation into Facebook and several other high-profile tech companies in June or July. Commissioner Helen Dixon told Bloomberg: “We’re at various concrete stages in all of them, but they’re all substantially advanced.” The DPC began its investigation in October 2018, following consumer complaints … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Data Protection, data protection commissioner, data protection principles GDPR, dpc, facebook, GDPR, gdpr awareness, gdpr compliance, GDPR e-learning, GDPR training, general data protection regulation, Ireland, Irish Data Protection Commissioner, personal data
May 31, 2018

What am I supposed to do with all these privacy policy emails?

Society doesn’t tend to agree on much, but late last week hundreds of millions of people were united by the question: “What’s with all these emails about updated privacy policies?” The flurry of messages led to many jokes and memes, but lost among the humour was the reason for this torrent of emails. It wasn’t just an amazing coincidence that every organisation you’ve ever visited updated its … [Read more...]

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April 13, 2018

How the GDPR affects loyalty programmes

Loyalty programmes and reward cards are one of the main ways retailers get people’s personal data. They have become a hallmark of the shopping experience, with customers gladly telling organisations their name, address and other information in exchange for occasional perks. However, things are about to get a lot more complicated. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR), which comes into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AVG, Comply with the GDPR, consumer rights, Data Protection, data subject, e-Learning, EU GDPR, eu general data protection, eu general data protection regulation, GDPR, gdpr compliance, GDPR consent, gdpr course, GDPR e-learning, gdpr foundation, gdpr practitioner, gdpr requirements, GDPR training, gdpr training courses, general data protection regulation, In-House training, individual's rights, loyalty programmes, personal data
February 7, 2018

The GDPR: What exactly is personal data?

Personal data is at the heart of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but many people are still unsure exactly what ‘personal data’ refers to. There’s no definitive list of what is or isn’t personal data, so it all comes down to properly interpreting the GDPR’s definition: “‘[P]ersonal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Data Protection, GDPR, general data protection regulation, personal data