LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados), the new data protection law enters into force in Brazil earlier than expected. Brazil, one of the developed countries in Latin America, is adopting for the first time a data protection law, enforced earlier than the official date set for the 31st of December 2020. The Federal Senate […]
Cathay Pacific fined £500,000 for failing to protect customer data Yet another airline is handed a significant fine for failures to protect their customer data. Between May 2014 and October 2018, Cathay Pacific’s IT systems lacked proportional security, leading to the unauthorised access of millions of personal data records. Because the vulnerability was active before […]
Data Privacy Day 2020 Marked by Technology Companies January 28th was Data Privacy Day, marked by global tech companies including Facebook and Google. Users of Facebook received a message to check on their privacy settings when they accessed their account on the day, whilst Google identified seven ways they protect user data in a blog […]
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Comes Into Force On the 1st January the highly anticipated CCPA came into force, with implications globally for businesses who process the personal data of Californian citizens. To find out more about the CCPA, including who it applies to and what the requirements are, take a look at our […]
Sovy CEO John Popolizio and Privacy Architect Edward Percarpio recently presented for this (ISC)2 webinar on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). They looked at how the CCPA matches up against the other American privacy laws, as well as international legislation like the GDPR, PIPEDA, and the Brazilian LGPD. They also explored the CCPA’s impact […]
