Data Privacy News Updates
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.
The Legitimate Interest Assessment LIA: Essential Guide for Data Protection Compliance
An LIA is used to determine if an organisation can process data using the legitimate interest lawful basis. This article explains what lawful bases are under GDPR, and how to complete a legitimate interest assessment (LIA).
Thailand PDPA for the International Schools
Much like GDPR and other similar privacy laws, PDPA also requires a highly proactive and risk-based approach. Therefore, in order to train your staff to remain compliant, you must put all the necessary preventive measures in place to protect your school from non-compliance.
The Dangers of Sensitive Personal Data Exposure for Businesses:
As the name suggests, personal sensitive data contains data of the highest sensitivity level to the data subject. It includes personal and sensitive information that cannot be disclosed without the data subject’s consent
The Importance of Data Lifecycle Management:
Data lifecycle management is a key component of the broader, emerging data culture shift. Business organizations are increasingly realizing that managing data is a top strategic business priority
Simplify Your Data Privacy Compliance Journey
Data privacy consulting firms simplify the compliance process by focusing solely on data privacy best practices – freeing you up to focus on your business.
Ransomware Attacks The new Big Threat Data Theft
The costs begin to accelerate as the attack progresses. Suppose you are lucky and have cyber protection insurance. In that case, your insurers will need to know the full extent of the breach, often calling expensive third parties to help with the exercise.
Data Protection 101: What Every Organisation Needs To Know
Most websites and email clients will also provide a list of “cookies” used to identify you if you have signed up or browsed the website. That can include information such as the IP address, location, and device ID,
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