ITAR Exemptions: Navigating the Regulations to Avoid Penalties

Treading the path of international defense articles or services trading is fairly challenging due to stringent arms regulations. The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is one such comprehensive and complex set of provisions in the United States that regulates the trade (export and import) of defense-related articles, services, and ... Read More

Shopify Stores Privacy Policy: What you need to know?

Shopify has made it incredibly easy for businesses to build an online store with a sleek and streamlined dashboard that allows the sale of products via social media, digital marketplaces, blogs, emails, and other public forums. But since this degree of reach requires the collection of user data, Shopify stores ... Read More

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Privacy Notice: What To Know

Owing to various political, economic, and social factors, governments worldwide have begun taking privacy regulations seriously. Within the United States, the Cambridge Analytica fiasco brought users' data privacy into renewed focus, especially since the US lacks a federal data privacy regulation akin to that of the GDPR in the EU ... Read More

7 Core Controls of a Solid Data Governance Strategy

Data is the lifeblood of every business. This adage is more true today, in the corporate digital transformation era than ever before. Some equate data with oil, while others equate data with Uranium in the multi-cloud environment. Either way, this shows asset data's significance to any organization as it helps ... Read More

Data Governance Vs. Data Security: What To Know

Data is one of the most critical resources an organization may have. Through efficient and insightful use of data, organizations can leverage their data assets to gain a competitive advantage, determine the marketing strategies that promise the best results, and which markets to target. However, owing to its importance as ... Read More

Privacy-by-Design and Privacy-by-Default

Privacy-by-design and privacy-by-default are two cornerstone concepts of data protection regulatory frameworks. Thus, compliance thereof is an essential legal prerequisite for any entity which is involved in the collection, storage and processing of user's personal data. The foregoing approaches to data privacy have been codified under the General Data Protection ... Read More

FTC Cracks Down on Unauthorized Disclosure of Health Information for Advertising: A Roundup of Recent Enforcement Actions

Lately, the Federal Trade commission (FTC) has taken an increased interest in protecting the consumers’ digital health information by cracking down on companies deploying unfair and deceptive practices to share user health data with third parties for marketing. Through its recent enforcement actions, the FTC has highlighted the need for ... Read More

ANPD’s Regulation on Administrative Sanctions: The Basics To Know

The Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais, or General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD), is the primary data protection and data privacy law in effect within the Federative Republic of Brazil. Like all major global data privacy regulations, the law places several obligations upon organizations processing users' personal data ... Read More

A Guide to Healthcare Compliance Regulations

Healthcare compliance is a broad term. In essence, it refers to an organization’s extensive efforts to ensure they have the relevant and appropriate measures, procedures, processes, and personnel to prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and misuse of any sort within the scope of their practice. It does so to ensure organizations ... Read More
LGPD & Cookies: What Do You Need To Know?

LGPD & Cookies: What Do You Need To Know?

When a person logs on to a website, the server assigns them a distinctive, user-specific identity. This identity is stored on the mobile or computer on which the browser is running. In case the user enters the website again, the browser sends cookie information to the server, allowing the website ... Read More