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White House holds roundtable session on “Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices”; CFPB Director Rohit Chopra announces potential rule changes for consumer data reporting  With the prospect of Federal consumer privacy legi…

Hello again – after a hiatus in June, we’re back again with our monthly update on happenings in the privacy space relevant to businesses. In this edition, you’ll find our take on: California’s ‘Delete Act’, and federal ‘Fourth Amendment No…

In the first two weeks of May: Florida passed Senate Bill 262, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights. The Texas Senate approved HB 4, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. Washington State Governor Inslee signed the My Health, My Data A…

In the April 2023 edition of our business privacy newsletter, you’ll find our take on: Privacy law updates from Iowa, Indiana, Washington, Arkansas, and Montana; House data broker hearings & CISA’s ‘secure by design’ standards; The …

Firewalls, sandboxing, email filtering, you name it. Your organization can have the best security controls in place and still get hacked. How? Via your employees, specifically through malicious use of their personal information.  Cybercri…

Without question, executive phishing is one of the biggest threats to your organization.  Despite growing awareness around phishing, it remains a top infection vector, and executives are some of the most common victims. A recent report by…

Executive cybersecurity protection programs need to include a data broker removal process. This is because, with more modern attacks relying on personal information to succeed, data broker profiles are the go-to source for threat actors lookin…

In the March 2023 edition of our business privacy newsletter, you’ll find our take on: Ransomware gangs new personal blackmail tactics; The latest breach news from Congress & Telecoms; ChatGPT’s first PII leak; Age verification …

Corporate account takeover (CATO) is a type of fraud where cybercriminals gain unauthorized access to business accounts such as corporate bank accounts and email accounts.  It is becoming worryingly common. For example, one in five compan…

It’s official! We’ve released our annual Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Exposure Risk Report. The findings show how personal data privacy has changed over the last year. It also paints a less-than-rosy picture of how much informati…