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.

The Human Element touched upon the many ways human beings are affected by data security and privacy. Chief among the topics creating a noteworthy buzz was data privacy. Everyone was focused on it, not just privacy junkies like me. Plus interesting blog by CDC using predictive analytics.

Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET) helps us to preserve the underlying system functionality while preventing privacy violations. In short, PET provides technical solutions for achieving data privacy goals.

Privacy training in Denver for the non-lawyers among us. Two-day training, March 19 and 20. Learn the foundation of U.S. privacy laws and regulation and understand the legal requirements that go into a privacy program plus certify with the largest association of privacy professionals in the world - the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

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