FCC Investigates Securus Now that LocationSmart who’s data was used illegally by a Sheriff to track other law enforcement officers and was then hacked is out of the closet, their somewhat shady but possibly completely legal business practices are no longer in the shadows and the FCC has begun an investigation. We shall see if […]
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According to a survey conducted by storage software vendor Veritas, 2 in 5 or 40% of what the EU calls “data subjects” (and what the rest of us call people) plan to request businesses to tell them what data they have within the first six months after the GDPR goes into effect later this month. […]
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Max Schrems – the same Max Schrems that battled Facebook and won and the same Max Schrems that got the Court of Justice of the European Union to strike down Safe Harbor – that Max Schrems – has a new mission. The General Data Protection Regulation, the new privacy law that takes effect in the […]
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The European Union has passed a new privacy law called the General Data Protection Regulation and it goes into effect in May of 2018. For companies that do not do business or have customers in Europe, this regulation may not effect you. However, if you have customers in Europe, even if you do not […]
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According to a study by the mega-consulting firm Capgemini, only 21% of banking and insurance executives were highly confident in their ability to detect a breach, never mind defend against one. On the other hand, 83% of consumers trust their bank’s and insurance company’s ability to protect their data. So 4 out of 5 […]
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