Protecting your digital identity is hard. This great article from Consumer Reports highlights what leading privacy experts do in their real lives to keep their personal data safe. Here are my takeaways:

Phishing attacks have become an increasingly common problem for organizations of all sizes and can be very difficult to spot. It’s important every individual stop and thinks before clicking on a link or opening an attachment and knows how to spot red flags.

When marketing is asking you to build a privacy program, you know things have gotten serious. Check out this Inc article for more details.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection continues to search travelers’ electronic devices at the border without a warrant despite years of advocacy from EPIC and others calling for an end to this practice. EPIC Fellow Dana Khabbaz explains it all here.

Privacy SWAN Consulting, a woman-owned small business, is a proud Gold sponsor of the 2021 Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference. The Conference takes place from September 8-10 and brings together innovators from the academic world, government, and business to promote D&I in cybersecurity.

January 28 is Data Privacy Day, and Privacy SWAN Consulting is proud to be a Data Privacy Champion.

Technical measures must be taken to protect the privacy of that user data, which means you probably need to adopt a PET. But what PET is appropriate?

This holiday season, we reflect on a strange and crazy year. As we do this, we want to appreciate those businesses and people who’ve made this year great for us. Please know you have been a blessing to us. We are looking forward to a great 2021 with you!!

From all of us to you, we wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Find out why nobody reads privacy policies anymore and what a 2008 study says about how long it would take you if you did. P.S. It’s more than 100 hours - a lot more!! Register here.

Bills such as the IoT Bill are a much-needed first step in building a strong foundation for the development of secure and private IoT networks that are as impervious to attack as technologically possible. Many of these devices not only provide convenience, but can also, depending on use, actually save lives, but their benefit is only as good as the degree of built-in security and privacy they offer.

You need to ask what the ‘false-positive’ rate is for facial recognition. False-positive is when an innocent person is found guilty. An INNOCENT person.

Privacy by Design is offering an introductory 6-week course for free (to those that qualify). Check it out!

Privacy SWAN Consulting and Deborah Howitt are pleased to announce that they are collaborating to offer the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) CIPP/US training program. These trainings are structured to provide the body of knowledge required to obtain the IAPP’s CIPP/US certification.