Latest Information privacy Stories

Privacy Ref (http://www.privacyref.com) today announced that it has signed on to become a Data Privacy Day (DPD) Champion to promote messages about the importance of data protection and controlling ones digital footprint. A highlight of Privacy Ref’s Data Privacy Day Champion activities is a webinar the firm will provide on “Kick-Starting a Data Privacy Program” for small and mid-sized businesses on January 28, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on helping all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online, and official coordinator of Data Privacy Day (DPD), is collaborating with many educational institutions, corporations, government and non-profit organizations across the world to make Data Privacy Day on January 28(th) a success. Data Privacy Day is an international day of...

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alinean, empowering B2B sales and marketing to better quantify and communicate the value of proposed solutions to today's economic-focused buyers, announced today that it has been awarded Safe Harbor certification for complying with a strict set of privacy principles defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce in conjunction with the European Union. Safe Harbor certification signifies that Alinean's Value Marketing and Selling Tools comply...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on helping all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online and official coordinator of Data Privacy Day (DPD), continues to see growing momentum for DPD 2013 with widespread support from countries, organizations, and businesses across the globe. This includes international Champions such as the Council of Europe, Office of the...

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LDiscovery, LLC today announced that it has full electronic discovery processing and hosting capabilities in London, United Kingdom. LDiscovery has 100TB of local storage capacity and can scale as projects increase, and houses multiple instances of all of the applications needed to collect, deNIST, process, search, de-duplicate, perform Early Case Assessment, review and produce e-Discovery. kCura's Relativity is used to host data and...

Iowa-based information security and privacy expert, Rebecca Herold, has been named a Privacy by Design (PbD) Ambassador for her ongoing advocacy for the protection of personal information. Des Moines, Iowa (PRWEB) December 16, 2012 Internationally recognized as The Privacy Professor®, Rebecca Herold, a Des Moines, Iowa-based information security and privacy expert, has been invited to be a Privacy by Design (PbD) Ambassador. Herold is being recognized as an Ambassador for her ongoing...

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2013, the Canadian chapter of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) is conducting a half-day workshop about developing data disposal polices and training currently required by law. Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) December 13, 2012 Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2013, the Canadian chapter of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) is conducting a half-day workshop about developing data disposal polices and training currently required by law. The...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. and PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security by Ponemon Institute, sponsored by ID Experts®, reports that healthcare organizations face an uphill battle in their efforts to stop data breaches. Ninety-four percent of healthcare organizations surveyed suffered at least one data breach; 45 percent of organizations experienced more than five data breaches during the past two years. Data...

New Collaboration Will Give Privacy and Security Controls to Michigan Patients LANSING, Mich., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) is pleased to announce completion of an agreement with HIPAAT International Inc., a leading provider of consent management and auditing software for healthcare, to provide HIPAAT's software services statewide. This agreement promises Michigan patients the opportunity to control the...

BRUSSELS, November 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New TRUSTe privacy research published today shows that across Europe companies are heavily tracking online behaviour, consumers are highly aware of this activity, and consumers expect websites to get their permission before tracking their behaviour online. Yet despite the introduction of the EU Cookie Directive in May 2011, only a minority of companies are seeking consent from users before dropping cookies. The TRUSTe 2012 EU...