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Privacy is Dead. Long live Privacy (Part 2)
What the Exactis Data Breach of 340 Million Records Tells Us About Privacy. In part 1 last week I outlined how privacy is dead primarily based on failed attempts to define privacy particularly in the US. Privacy is dead is that we can’t agree on what we mean...
read morePrivacy is dead. Long live Privacy
What the Exactis Data Breach of 340 Million Records Tells Us About Privacy. Part 1 of 2 Former Oracle CEO Larry Ellison once famously said, “Privacy is Dead.” However, privacy had been resurrected and killed more times than a Tyrannosaurus Rex in a Spielberg movie. A...
read moreDigital Risk Management Institute Announces “GDPR Practice” in Alliance with the GDPR Institut
Free consultation with GDPR experts available as GDPR Takes Effect WASHINGTON – June 11, 2018 — The Digital Risk Management Institute (DRM Institute), a not-for-profit organization formed to identify and communicate best practices for managing digital business...
read moreThe GDPR: How Will New EU Data Privacy Regulations Affect Marketing?
“Be careful what you do, because the rules have changed…” – Martyn Hope, GDPR Associates The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union’s brand-new digital privacy directive (law) being introduced on May 25, 2018. This far-reaching set of rules is...
read moreFormer hospital worker prosecuted for inappropriately accessing patient records
A former employee of a Milton Keynes hospital trust has been prosecuted for accessing patient records without authorisation. Michelle Harrison, of Milton Keynes, inappropriately accessed the records of 12 patients outside of her role as receptionist/general assistant...
read moreThought of the Day: Google and the right to be forgotten
In a recent landmark case, it was decided that Google must remove search results about a businessman’s criminal conviction. This could have wide-ranging repercussions. A similar claim by a different businessman for a more serious offence had been rejected by the same...
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