When people discuss issues with data privacy, class ranking is rarely part of the conversation. Even though the internet has been a markedly business-driven project for some years now, the old perception endures that URL life isn’t getting marked by the same dividing lines that mark IRL society.
With the recent raft of worldwide privacy legislation and much more to come, organizations of all shapes and sizes are becoming forced to evolve the way they do business. Those SMEs that can’t bring their operations into compliance with the GDPR, CCPA and other data privacy laws worldwide will be at a significant competitive disadvantage, and may even find that continued non-compliant operation merely is unsustainable.
Across the tech sector, there’s widespread consensus that a trust deficit threatens to undermine the current business model of quality, ad-supported content. This mistrust exists between data subjects, data controllers, and data processors (to use GDPR parlance).
When small-to-medium enterprise (SME) team members begin to consider how the business landscape is changing to increased data privacy regulation, the procurement process is not usually high up on their list of answers.
Yesterday evening, our CEO Cillian Kieran, gave a talk at FirstMark’s Code Driven event, located in the AWS Loft in Soho, New York. Alongside him was the CEO of FireHydrant, Robert Ross and the CTO of Better, Erik Bernhardsson.
Cillian gave an overview of what data privacy means. Additionally, Cillian discussed how to paring the requirements of data privacy compliance if you’re in engineering, data, or product teams.
Also, we’ve attached Cillian’s presentation, entitled, “How to Build Trust in Data and Tech Stacks.”
To learn more about Ethyca as well as our unique infrastructure solution to data privacy, contact us today.
In technology, change is constant. Professionals working in tech are called on to integrate new processes and ways of thinking to stay abreast of their field. A case in point is data privacy.
Over a year ago, we quietly started working on an engineering problem that is painful for developer teams everywhere. At the same time, it’s vital for the safety of every user of the internet and data-powered businesses.
This examines the CCPA piece-by-piece, analyzing business impact, with particular attention given to the consequences for Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME) ‘s data management, systems, and practices.
This guide is a starting point for understanding the implications GDPR has for these businesses. Let’s examine the document, chapter by chapter, to summarize its content and analyze the practical consequences for companies seeking compliance.
In recent years, news coverage of high profile data breaches resulted in the assumption that data heists are always sophisticated efforts by devious hackers in far-off lands. The reality is much more plain.
