Personal Data Protection & Privacy Is Serious Business.
And We Have Something To Say About It.
Seeing Is Believing: Better Data Compliance Through Smarter Data Visualization
Dimitri Sirota
July 23, 2017Data is at the heart of the modern digital business. It defines how users engage and interact with a business. Understanding and analyzing customer content is, of course, not a new pursuit. The whole field of Big Data is a response to the need to better understand and anticipate customer behaviors by understanding the digital[…]
Right-to-be-Forgotten & The New Era of Personal Data Rights
Dimitri Sirota
June 19, 2017On May 25th 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect in Europe to help harmonize personal privacy rights across all 28 EU member states. While individual countries can maintain their own privacy laws and impose additional penalties, GDPR establishes a common baseline of protections for citizens (and residents) of the EU and[…]
Operationalizing Privac..
Dimitri Sirota
May 29, 2017On June 22, 2018 at 11 AM EDT / 5 PM CEST, in conjunction with guests[...]
NY Department of Fina..
Dimitri Sirota
May 09, 2017The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Cybersecurity Regulation sets new standards for financial services firms doing business in[...]
The repeal of the FCC..
Nimrod Vax
April 12, 2017On Monday April 3rd , U.S. President Donald Trump signed a repeal of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission[...]
Data State of Mind: K..
Dimitri Sirota
March 31, 2017Consumer data is a big deal to the consumers who share the data, the companies that collect and process the[...]
Where’s Waldo: ..
Dimitri Sirota
March 05, 2017Big Data creates big problems for finding identity information. As organizations shift to predominantly online interactions with their customers, they[...]
The Risky Business of..
Dimitri Sirota
February 10, 2017The EU GDPR at its heart is about privacy risk. Avoiding privacy violations is about understanding and mitigating privacy risk.[...]
Meeting GDPR Data Sub..
Dimitri Sirota
January 17, 2017Some of the new EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) privacy requirements can seem daunting at first blush to a[...]
5 Reasons Why Persona..
Nimrod Vax
December 04, 2016Data protection tools function with virtually no context of whose data they presumably protect. Discovery and protection of sensitive, confidential[...]
Architecting Privacy:..
Dimitri Sirota
November 28, 2016APIs are a reach multiplier. They can make data and applications programmatically accessible across the extended enterprise or the wider[...]
Privacy Impact Assess..
Dimitri Sirota
October 28, 2016A Privacy Impact Assessment, or PIA, is an analysis of how personally identifiable information is collected, used, shared, and maintained[...]
The Case for Data-Dri..
Dimitri Sirota
October 11, 2016The best way to know your customer is to know their data. Every year organizations collect exponentially more personal information[...]
Privacy Babel: Making..
Dimitri Sirota
September 08, 2016In the world of data privacy, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation has grabbed all the headlines. As much[...]
Can Privacy (Shield) ..
Dimitri Sirota
July 19, 2016The adoption of Privacy Shield by US and EU regulatory authorities, the successor to Safe Harbor that has governed the[...]
Death, Taxes and Brea..
Dimitri Sirota
July 17, 2016The growing incidence of breaches to extract user customer account credentials and more expansive breach notification requirements put enterprises between[...]
Identifying Identity ..
Dimitri Sirota
May 25, 2016What might have been in the past a clear and binary answer to the question of what constitutes personally identifiable[...]
The New EU General Da..
Dimitri Sirota
May 03, 2016The adoption by the European Parliament of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets the stage for profound repercussions to[...]
Can you be data drive..
Dimitri Sirota
April 23, 2016As Bob Marley once observed: “If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from.” The same[...]
Customer Consent; Who..
Dimitri Sirota
March 31, 2016Asking for permission isn’t just good manners any more. Securing and managing customer consent for the use and gathering of[...]
How Minimizing Data C..
Dimitri Sirota
March 18, 2016According to a recent survey published by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, some three quarters of IT and infosecurity[...]
Do You Know Where You..
Dimitri Sirota
March 10, 2016Data about customer preferences and behavior is a critical resource to a data-driven organization. Greater insights into what motivates and[...]
The New Face of Ident..
Dimitri Sirota
March 01, 2016Protecting the privacy of customer data is no longer just a matter of meeting regulations — it’s rapidly becoming a cornerstone for[...]
Privacy v. Security |..
Dimitri Sirota
February 26, 2016Privacy management sits at the intersection of information security, data management and analytics, but is more than the sum of[...]