Strengthening the U.S. Government Supply Chain: Cybersecurity under Executive Order 14028
Image Credit: Michael Jowen from Unsplash. U.S. government agencies have a reputation for occasionally clinging on to outdated technology. Some illustrative examples include the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) paying Microsoft $9 million to continue supporting the defunct Windows XP in 2015 and a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report from 2019 documenting multiple agencies using legacy systems with 8 to 50-year-old components. In its findings, the GAO unsurprisingly concluded th...
GDPR and Its Impact on Business – Find Out Here!
Over the years, the internet has changed the way we communicate and how we handle day-to-day tasks. There are so many things that we can do via the internet, from sharing documents to paying our bills. All of these are convenient, but these tasks require us to enter personal details. With so much information that we share online, how can you guarantee that your information will be kept safe? Have you ever wondered what happened to the information you share online, like your bank details, addr...
Does GDPR Apply to US Citizens?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most detailed data privacy legislation that Europe has ever passed. It took effect on May 25, 2018, and flipped the digital landscape. In this legislation, all individuals and institutions in Europe are bound to GDPR compliance in protecting the personal information of its clients. The European Union created this regulation to ensure that the personal privacy rights of European citizens are protected at the EU level GDPR requirements create...
Will the Courts Treat Foreign Data Privacy Laws as Fact or Farce in U.S. Contracts? Whose Law Will Prevail in Privacy Disputes?
Image Credit: MarkThomas from Pixabay. [Originally published as a Feature Article: Will the Courts Treat Foreign Data Privacy Laws as Fact or Farce in U.S. Contracts?, by Amira Bucklin and Lily Li, in Orange County Lawyer Magazine, May 2021, Vol. 63 No.5, page 40.] by Amira Bucklin and Lily Li In 2020, when lockdown and shelter-at-home orders were implemented, the world moved online. Team meetings, conference calls, even court hearings entered the cloud. More than ever, consumers used o...
State Privacy Laws in the Wake of the CCPA: A Tough Act to Follow
Image Credit: Free-Photos from Pixabay. Hard on the heels of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and updated state privacy laws in Nevada and Maine which took effect in 2019, state data privacy legislation is still on the rise. In November of 2020, California citizens approved the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (CPRA), further amending the CCPA. The CPRA is intended to strengthen privacy regulations in California by creating new requirements for comp...
Opt-Out Icons and Apple Privacy Labels: The Visual Privacy Policy
Image Credit: FDA Nutrition Label, modified by Metaverse Law The growing frequency and severity of privacy incidents within the past decade—the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal and Equifax data breach, to name just a few—has made consumer privacy a topic of public attention and concern. In response to consumers’ increased wariness regarding their private data, some companies are trying to use privacy labels and icons to signal a commitment to privacy protection. The ultimate goal...
Data Privacy Matters
How Will GDPR Affect Business Marketing Approaches in The Digital Age The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has approaches that impact today's marketing strategies. With the increasing interplay between internal and external regulation and increasingly intrusive practices by law enforcement authorities, digital marketing's future may involve significant changes. At the same time, the European Union (EU) is making efforts to strengthen its regulatory regime and pass several laws to imp...
The Importance of Data Privacy For Protecting Business and Client Information
If you own a business that demands you to understand what data privacy is and how it affects you, then now is the time for you to get informed. It has much to do with maintaining an acceptable level of trust between organizations and clients. Data privacy compliance has a framework involving a set of guidelines that require business institutions to integrate into their security system as per several state and federal laws on varying levels. What Is Data Privacy? Data privacy is a gen...