The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect this Friday, May 25, 2018. After years of deliberation and anticipation, the European Union’s foremost privacy protections will finally take hold and apply to all entities that handle the sensitive information of European Union (EU) data subjects. As evidenced by [...]
App developers, the business community, and privacy advocates alike have been achatter about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As the European Union’s newest privacy regulation, the GDPR is set to go into effect on May 25, 2018. Many businesses are curious about the impact this new regulation may have [...]
For more than a decade, Congress has tried to address the rampant occurrences of data breaches. Since the ChoicePoint breach in 2005, the House and Senate have introduced roughly 50 different pieces of legislation related to data security. None of them have been enacted into law. The reasons for this [...]
On May 25, 2018, the European Commission’s primary privacy rules, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will go into effect. This regulation will have far-reaching implications for every small business, corporation, or individual that handles the data of EU persons. This regulation will impact you. That’s right. Unless you never, [...]
During AppCon, ACT | The App Association’s annual fly-in, 50 App Association members stormed Capitol Hill to deliver a strong message that Congress must update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The ambiguity in current law, enacted in 1986, troubles App Association members, all of whom are small- and medium-sized [...]