Privacy – Page 2 – ARMA Magazine

ARMA Q&A: GDPR Regulations and Electronic Records

Written by Stuart Rennie on April 2, 2019. Posted in Communications, Data, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Storage, Europe, Privacy, Social Media.

Question: “What are the GDPR regulations for personal data in electronic records such as social media, video, and instant messages?” Answer: Since May 28, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) (2016/679) (GDPR) has...

ARMA President-Elect Says Expanded California Privacy Bill ‘Ups the Ante’ for IG

Written by ARMA International on March 5, 2019. Posted in Government, Information Governance, News & Analysis, Privacy.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra endorsed a bill last week that expands the state’s new privacy act to permit consumers to sue companies over their handling of personal data. The privacy law that was passed in 2018 gave consumers the...

Beyond Compliance: Eight Steps for Using Privacy By Design to Develop a Privacy Program

Written by Else Khoury on February 26, 2019. Posted in Information Governance, Privacy.

Governments globally are passing strict information privacy laws and regulations, and organizations are being hard-pressed to comply with them or suffer stiff penalties. Using the principles of Privacy By Design, organizations can design a privacy...

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...

Legalweek 2019 Kicks Off With Former United States Attorneys General Loretta Lynch and Alberto Gonzalez Focused On Cybersecurity

Written by on January 29, 2019. Posted in Information Security (Information Protection), Legal, Privacy.

Two former U.S. Attorneys General helped kick off Legalweek 2019 by sharing their thoughts on such pressing issues as cybersecurity, privacy, civil rights, and more. Former attorneys general Albert Gonzalez and Loretta Lynch spoke frankly in a...

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,...

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...

Wendy’s Sued for Mismanagement of Employee Fingerprints

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

As reported by ZDNet.com, a class-action lawsuit has been filed in Illinois that claims Wendy’s restaurant chain has broken state laws by improperly storing and managing employee fingerprints. The complaint centers on Wendy’s practice of using...

California Consumer Privacy Act Is Work in Progress, Says Attorney

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

In a recent piece on Information-Management.com, Matthew Nelson, an attorney with DiscoverReady LLC, says the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is constantly evolving, evidenced by the September passing of Senate Bill 1121, which serves...

Q&A: Fingerprint Security

Written by Judy Vasek Sitton, CRM, FAI on December 7, 2018. Posted in Data Governance, Information Governance, Information Security (Information Protection), Privacy, Retention.

Question: With fingerprint security technology now used in so many businesses for secured door access, what category does it fall under (e.g., personally identifiable information)? How is the data deleted upon employee termination? Answer: Fingerprint...