Most educators know about the federal student data privacy laws such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) administered by the US Department of Education. However, modern schools increasingly adopt new technologies such as cloud service providers for managing everything from homework assignments in Google Drive to education data in records management data systems.

Heralded as the US version of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may be the catalyst for an all-new approach to privacy for companies. However, merely assuming that the CCPA is a GDPR-for-US can leave you stranded and, possibly, non-compliant.

Another year, another privacy law on the horizon. In 2018, the big push for compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In 2019, companies are reeling from the new law governing data protection passed by ballot initiative. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) intends to place on companies who collect California residents’ personal information. But the question remains, in the morass of regulatory writing, “What is the CCPA?

France’s national data protection authority (CNIL — Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés) ordered its first sanction under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, or as commonly called as the GDPR. In this sanction, the CNIL fined Google a whopping €50 million because of Google’s failure to comply with the GDPR provisions when a user sets up his new Android phone and follows the subsequent process.

As a business owner, you know the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in May 2018. However, one of the most confusing aspects for a lot of businesses, large and small, has been the infamous “cookie policy.” No matter where your business resides, your website reaches customers protected by the GDPR which means you need to understand how to implement a GDPR compliant cookie policy.

Following on from the round-up we released yesterday, today we look through the rest of what our regular contributors shared as their standout moments from 2018.

As 2018 draws to a close, it’s been a fascinating year in the IT security community. From record-breaking data breaches, new regulations and the Meltdown and Spectre debacle, we can certainly say it’s been eventful. To round the year off, we thought it would be interesting to ask some of our regular contributors (and followers on Twitter) what their standout moments were.

May 25, 2018 was the deadline for GDPR compliance. The media was abuzz. Businesses were rushing to update their privacy policy page. Companies were emailing newsletter subscribers to approve updated privacy policies. Everybody seemed to be paying attention to this new law, which appeared to be the beginning of a new dawn in data privacy. Or was it?

This summer, California passed groundbreaking privacy rights legislation through the California Consumer Privacy Act. The law takes effect January 1, 2020 but companies need to have data tracking systems in place by the beginning of 2019. Even if your business is not located in California, you may be liable - so here’s everything you need to know to get your data security compliant.