Tag: Data Governance

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Denmark Finds Use of Google Analytics Violates Data Privacy Rules

Denmark has become the latest European country to find that the use of Google Analytics for web analytics purposes is unlawful, following similar conclusions made by other data protection watchdogs in Austria, France, and Italy. In a Sept. 21 judgment, the Danish Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) became the latest data Read More

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SEC: Morgan Stanley To Pay $35M For Failing To Safeguard Customer Data

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, has agreed to pay a $35 million civil penalty to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission for repeatedly failing to safeguard their customers’ personally identifiable information (PII), in which 15 million customers were impacted. According to Read More

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SEC Adopts Final Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rule

It’s been twelve years in the making, but last week the Securities and Exchange Commission finally adopted a rule mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 that will require companies to disclose the relationship between executive pay and the financial performance of the company. The SEC first proposed amendments to Read More

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Twitter Agrees to Compliance Reforms After Data Privacy Violations

Twitter has agreed to pay a $150 million civil penalty and implement robust data-privacy compliance measures, under a settlement reached with the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The settlement awaits federal court approval. “The $150 million penalty reflects the seriousness of the allegations against Twitter,” said Read More

Looking for Compliance Risks in Oceans of Data

Leveraging machine learning and advanced anomaly detection to address the overwhelming flood of digital communications data Since email first revolutionized the way professionals communicate with each other, the proliferation of faster and more sophisticated digital communication tools for powering business has only continued to expand. It’s well known that companies Read More