Latest Information privacy Stories
CHICAGO, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition - - The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) today released the fourth annual Online Trust Honor Roll recognizing website adoption of key technologies to help protect consumer privacy and security. The OTA 2012 Online Trust Honor Roll, determined by a composite analysis of ten security and privacy best practices, honors approximately 30% of top eCommerce sites, 20% of FDIC 100 sites, and 50% of Social Media...
Industry leader, CEO and founder Bob Chaput to participate in a panel discussion of Legal Obligations to Protect Electronic Data. HIPAA-HITECH Requirements to Safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI). (PRWEB) June 04, 2012 Today, Clearwater Compliance announced that its CEO and Founder, Bob Chaput, will join other industry experts speaking at the Chicago Bar Association’s seminar on Data Security and Data Breach 101 in Chicago, IL on June 14, 2012. The event will be held at the...
DALLAS, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Encryptics, a data protection company that secures digital content for the lifecycle of a document, has launched Encryptics Mobile, an extension of the Encryptics Professional solution. Encryptics asks, Is Your Data .SAFETM? With Encryptics Professional and Encryptics Mobile, messages sent from an iPhone or iPad are .SAFE (dot SAFE). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110707/DA31280LOGO) The Encryptics .SAFE technology allows data to be...
ATLANTA, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Alan F. Westin, an iconic figure in privacy law throughout the world, and Of Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, will receive the first Louis D. Brandeis Hero of Privacy Award at the International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy, June 6-7 at Georgetown Law Center in Washington, DC. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120531/CL14061 )(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110412/CL77056LOGO...
Online data privacy a top concern by social media users, Priveazy.com empowers online consumers to control online privacy and safety with online education that is free, easy, and fun Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 With personal privacy at the top of Internet users lists of concerns, Priveazy.com has launched to provide fun lessons that show consumers exactly how to protect their privacy and safety online. As Consumer Reports discovered recently, millions of users...
Virtual Office Global announces the release of a revolutionary, secure, web-based solution for businesses and individuals called VO Portal. This new, state-of-the-art solution provides users with email, scheduling, contacts, file storage and management, as well as team (or 3rd party) sharing. This unique solution combines these features with security and privacy in accordance with the highest international standards. Mesa, Arizona (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 Virtual Office Global announces the...
Managing Personal Information: Insights on Corporate Risk and Opportunity for Privacy-Savvy Leaders breaks new ground with exclusive content created by Canada's top data protection experts TORONTO, May 23, 2012 /CNW/ - The landscape of information risk in Canada is congruent with the risk governance posture across North America. With a per-record data breach cost of $204 and billions of records compromised over the past 8 years, organizations are at last focusing their efforts...
CLEVELAND, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Within3, the market leader of private online community programs for life science and healthcare institutions, announced today its certification in Safe Harbor principles. This official acknowledgement from the U.S. Department of Commerce ensures privacy protection when transferring data between the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.). Effective October 1998, the European Commission's Directive on Data Protection prohibited the...
Facebook unveiled updates to their social media network's privacy policy on Friday in order to better explain exactly what the website does and does not do with the information of its users. According to Chloe Albanesius of PCMag and Cameron Scott of IDG News, the move comes after a December 2011 audit by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s Office (DPC), which called upon Facebook to be more open about what happens to the information that users share on the social media website....
The heat over Google’s Street View service may be turned down in the US, but European privacy regulators are considering reopening inquiries into the company’s wifi sniffing and private data collection. The story that this was the error of a single programmer isn’t sitting well with European officials, reports Kevin J. Obrien of the New York Times. Jacob Kohnstamm, a Dutch regulator who is the chairman of the top European privacy panel feels Google mislead regulators in the matter...
