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Isaza Responds to Illinois Supreme Court Ruling on Biometric Privacy

Written by ARMA International on February 4, 2019. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis, North America, Privacy.

In January, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled an individual does not have to plead an actual injury or harm, apart from the statutory violation itself, in order to sue under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), as reported by Jeffrey...

Google Is Fined $57 Million, First Major Penalty Under Europe’s Data Privacy Law

Written by ARMA International on January 25, 2019. Posted in News & Analysis, Privacy.

The New York Times was among the many sources recently reporting that the French data protection authority fined Google about $57 million for “not properly disclosing to users how data is collected across its services – including its search engine,...

Information Governance Body of Knowledge Published

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Information Governance, News & Analysis.

Published on Oct. 22, the Information Governance Body of Knowledge (IGBOK) provides information governance (IG) stakeholders – information management, information technology, legal, risk/compliance, privacy, security, and business unit heads – the...

Association News: Fellows, Britt Literary, Other Winners Named at ARMA Live! 2018

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Chapter Resources, Leadership & Management Skills, News & Analysis.

The following award winners for the last fiscal year (July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018) were announced at ARMA International’s 63rd Annual Conference & Expo in Anaheim, California, in mid-October. Company of Fellows ARMA International’s highest...

U.S. Seeks a New Start to Talks on Global Cybersecurity Practices

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Asia, Europe, Information Security (Information Protection), News & Analysis, North America.

Cyberscoop.com reports that at the recent United Nations (U.N.) session, White House officials gauged interest in restarting talks on global cybersecurity norms. Such negotiations crumbled in 2017 because of acrimony among certain countries, reportedly...

Proposed NAFTA Replacement Recognizes Need For Privacy Framework

Written by ARMA International on December 7, 2018. Posted in Legal, News & Analysis, Privacy.

Recently the United States, Mexico, and Canada proposed a new trade pact to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). According to the HuntonPrivacyBlog, the new pact recognizes “the economic and social benefits of protecting the personal...