Category: Blogs
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Overcoming US Regulatory Compliance Challenges with Borderless Data™
In today’s age of rapidly increasing data collection, data privacy laws are becoming more prevalent than ever. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is considered the worldwide benchmark of data privacy law. While many countries have followed similar regulations, the United States does not have a GDPR equivalent.Instead of national standards and regulations, individual…
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Moody’s Analytics Uses Protegrity Pseudonymization to Protect CID Data
The data protection landscape is changing. The rapid adoption of cloud and software as a service (SaaS) greatly affects the financial industry, where many institutions rely on SaaS vendors for data protection previously implemented in-house. Moody’s Analytics relies on cloud service providers (CSPs) to adequately protect its data, showcasing the need for scalability, industry cost…
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Secure Cross-Border Data Movement with Snowflake Encryption
Organizations must constantly adapt to the challenges of maintaining compliance while handling data. Nowhere is that more apparent than cross-border data protection, which allows data to be and remain protected across jurisdictions, states, counties, and countries with the right data security tools. According to the United Nations, 137 of 197 of its members have data…
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Explainer: Data Governance & You
Welcome to the era of data domination! Every day, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data flood the digital landscape, estimates Forbes, with a whopping 90% of data created in just the last two years. While this growth presents many opportunities for organizations, it also introduces many challenges. That’s where data governance comes in. It’s a critical…
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Frequently Asked Questions on the 2023 EU General Court’s Pseudonymised Data Ruling
In 2023, the EU General Court overruled the European Data Protection Supervisor and ruled that pseudonymized data will not be classified as personal data under the of EU data protection law when transferred to a recipient who is unable to identify individuals. Businesses are now taking a closer look at their data anonymization processes, as…
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Redefining Personal Data: Understanding the EU General Court’s Ruling on Pseudonymized Data
In a ruling made on April 26, 2023, the General Court of the European Union (EU) made a groundbreaking decision changing the definition of personal data that has been in place since the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This ruling has significant data-sharing implications for organizations within the EU and enables them…
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Coast Capital Savings Credit Union: Meeting Canadian Regulatory Standards for Compliance with Protegrity
One of Canada’s largest credit unions, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union (CSS), with over 50 branches across the country, needed to protect critical PII data stored in their AWS cloud environments, Amazon Redshift, AWS EMR, and AWS S3. CSS had to meet Canadian regulatory standards for compliance in 2021, including the Personal Information Electronic Documents…
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Privacy is Power: The Value of Training for Modern Data Protection
We’ve all seen it in the movies: The chief of security declares that no one could ever steal the “Famous Jewel” because it’s protected by thick glass, an impenetrable system of motion-detecting lasers, and, finally, a weight-sensitive sensor. Cut to the next scene, where a thief, dressed in sleek black, zip-lines from an open skylight,…
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2023 DATA PRIVACY LAWS YOU NEED TO KNOW: CROSS-BORDER AND BEYOND
INTERNATIONAL DATA PRIVACY REGULATIONS In 2023, an estimated five quintillion bytes of data will be created daily. While this data revolution is exciting, it also raises questions about data privacy. In response to that challenge, more regions, localities, and countries will implement additional data privacy laws in the coming years to ensure the safety of…
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A HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO CROSS-BORDER DATA PROTECTION
Imagine doing business in a bubble. You are an international company only allowed to make decisions using data collected within your country and by your business unit (BU). You also cannot share data with subsidiaries or third parties. It would be challenging to conduct day-to-day business, let alone innovate and grow. Fortunately, this isn’t the…