The City Council is expected to pass a bill that will make it illegal for employers to check job-seekers’ credit history. In addition to...
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A proposed overhaul of the country’s primary law protecting student-data privacy is being circulated for feedback, offering yet another sign...
MoreFTC Settles with Two Companies Falsely Claiming to Comply with International Safe Harbor Privacy Framework
Two U.S. businesses have agreed to settle FTC charges they falsely claimed they were abiding by an international privacy framework known as the...
MoreLessons on Work-Related Fraud and Abuse
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners recently released its 2014 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse (the...
MoreWhen Will Your Data Breach Happen? Not a Question of If But When
IT security is a growing threat for businesses of every type and no organization is safe. U.S. consumer cyber-attacks in 2013 came at a price of...
MoreIdentity Theft Tops FTC’s Consumer Complaint Categories Again in 2014
Identity theft topped the Federal Trade Commission’s national ranking of consumer complaints for the 15th consecutive year, while the agency...
MoreHome Depot Cyber Breach Costs at $33 Million and Counting
Home Depot Inc. incurred $33 million of pretax net expenses related to last year’s data breach in 2014, but still cannot estimate the...
MoreGlobal Privacy Research Report 2014
This research report identifies the most viewed privacy stories of 2014 and demonstrates the depth and breadth of issues facing the privacy office...
MoreOTA Releases Guidelines on Privacy Assessment, Best Practices
More than 90% of the 500 data breaches that occurred from January to June 2014 could have easily been prevented, per a report released Wednesday...
MoreData Breach Notification Bills Introduced in House and Senate
The Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA Act), (H.R. 580), has been introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill would provide a...
More1 In 5 Employees Going Rogue With Corporate Data
A recent SailPoint survey conducted by Vanson Bourne results amplified concerns of companies around the world about the use of cloud applications...
MoreNew State Privacy Laws Go Into Effect on Jan. 1, 2015
California and Delaware legislators have recently passed bills that impose new data security and privacy requirements on companies nationwide. The...
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