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Data Privacy Day

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Jan 28, 2014

Data Privacy Day

By Michelle Cohen, CIPP-US On January 28th, in an effort raise awareness of privacy and data privacy, the United States, Canada and 27 countries of the European Union celebrate International Data Privacy Day.  Many organizations use Data Privacy Day as an opportunity to educate their employees and stakeholders about privacy-related topics.  With the recent, high-profile data…

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Attorney General Holder Calls on Congress to Establish Strong National Data Breach Notification Standard

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Feb 25, 2014

Attorney General Holder Calls on Congress to Establish Strong National Data Breach Notification Standard

By Michelle Cohen, CIPP-US Yesterday, in his weekly video address, Attorney General Eric Holder urged Congress to create a national data breach notification standard requiring companies to quickly notify consumers of a breach of their personal or financial information.  In the wake of the high profile holiday season data breaches at retailers Target and Neiman Marcus,…