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Welcome to the Formiti Privacy News Blog
In an ever-evolving digital world, staying informed about global data protection laws and privacy trends is essential for businesses of all sizes. The Formiti Privacy News Blog is your go-to resource for the latest insights, expert guidance, and actionable advice on data privacy and compliance. Whether you’re navigating complex regulations like GDPR, PDPA, or HIPAA, or exploring best practices to safeguard personal data, our blog offers clear, engaging, and informative content tailored to your needs. Join us as we unpack critical topics, share industry updates, and help you turn compliance challenges into opportunities for growth and trust-building with your stakeholders.
Achieving PDPA Compliance: Why a Gap Analysis is Key
There are several ways to go about a PDPA gap analysis, but where do you start? This article looks at areas covered by analysis and what tools you can use to perform one. Let’s start with the first step of a PDPA compliance checklist
Your Guide to the Canadian PIPEDA
The PIPEDA came into effect as a law in April 2000, intending to increase consumers’ trust in e-commerce. Parts of the PIPEDA are reviewed by the Parliament every 5 years.
How to Achieve Compliance with GDPR Article 30
Although not required for all organisations, we recommend all organisations maintain a living ROPA record because it makes it easier to comply with GDPR.
Global Data Privacy Compliance Staying Ahead of the Curve
As per the GDPR, organizations need to establish a structured and thorough approach to ensuring compliance. This requires that security and privacy policies be developed and communicated by data subjects and documented in formalized processes,
The Singapore PDPA Updates A Guide for Business
To help businesses stay accountable and stay on top of changes, the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has updated the content of two existing data protection guidelines to align with the changes in the PDPA and to support businesses
The Brazil LGPD: How Organizations Can Ensure Compliance
The first step that an organization needs to take is to have a representative when it comes to data privacy compliance. There are several people handling the data you collect and process,
GDPR Accountability Principle: A Core Pillar of Compliance
The accountability principle is also in Article 24, which requires controllers to “implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure and to be able to demonstrate that processing is performed in accordance with this Regulation.”
Ensuring GDPR Compliance: Managing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs)
Introduction In the wake of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals have more control than ever over the personal data companies...
The CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
Risk assessment is the process of identifying the impact an event could have on an organization’s assets
Malaysia PDPA Law 2010 – Data Controller Contracts (Part 3)
Whenever any personal data processing is carried out by a data processor or controller on behalf of a data user – for the purpose of protecting that personal data from loss, modification, misuse, accidental/unauthorized disclosure or access or destruction – the PDPA requires the data user to ensure that the data controller/processor meets the following criteria:
New Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the EDPB
The new clauses came into effect on June 27, 2021. However, organizations are allowed to continue under the existing SCCs for their existing data transfers until September 27, 2021, after which the new SCCs must be implemented for all new data transfers
Why Data Protection Officers are key to GDPR Compliance
Keeping your end-user or customer in mind at every step of your data compliance journey will naturally lead to data compliance. In practical terms,