Celebrating Data Privacy from A to Z
In honor of Data Privacy Day and its spirit of education, I thought it might be appropriate (and fun) to celebrate some (but certainly not all) of the A, B, Cs of Data Privacy. Would love to see your contributions, too!
A is for Advance Encryption Standard or AES, approved by NIST. Are you encrypting transmissions of sensitive data and portable storage devices? See more below.
B is for Breach Notification Laws, including the 45 state laws, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, HITECH Act, and international regulations. (Also Behavioral Advertising.)
C is for . . . what to Choose? -- Contracts? Cloud Computing? How about California - the first state to enact a breach notification law, California Civil Code sections 1798.29, 1798.82 et seq. (SB 1386), and the first state Office of Privacy Protection
D is for Data Protection Authorities in the European Union
E is for the EU Data Protection Directive. Oh, and Encryption, of course. See above and below.
F is for Financial Institutions, regulated by (wait for it . . . after the jump . . .)
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