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In honor of Data Privacy Day, we provide the following “Top 10 for 2021.” While the list is by no means exhaustive, it does provide some hot topics for organizations to consider in 2021.
COVID-19 privacy and security considerations.
During 2020, COVID-19 presented organizations large and small with new and unique data privacy and security considerations. Most organizations, particularly in their capacity as employers, needed to adopt COVID-19 screening and testing measures resulting in the collection of medical and other personal information from employees and others. This will continue in 2021 with the addition of vaccination programs. So, for 2021, ongoing vigilance will be needed to maintain the confidential and secure collection, storage, disclosure, and transmission of medical and COVID-19 related data that may now include tracking data related to vaccinations or the side effects of vaccines.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
In honor of Data Privacy Day, we provide the following “Top 10 for 2021.” While the list is by no means exhaustive, it does provide some hot topics for organizations to consider in 2021.
COVID-19 privacy and security considerations.
During 2020, COVID-19 presented organizations large and small with new and unique data privacy and security considerations. Most organizations, particularly in their capacity as employers, needed to adopt COVID-19 screening and testing measures resulting in the collection of medical and other personal information from employees and others. This will continue in 2021 with the addition of vaccination programs. So, for 2021, ongoing vigilance will be needed to maintain the confidential and secure collection, storage, disclosure, and transmission of medical and COVID-19 related data that may now include tracking data related to vaccinations or the side effects of vaccines.
Industry expert views for Data Privacy Day
Depending on who you talk to today is either Data Privacy Day or Data Protection Day. But whatever you want to call it the idea is to focus attention on the importance of best practices for looking after sensitive information.
In the current environment with distributed workforces and more transactions taking place online, this is more important than ever. We ve rounded up opinions from some leading industry figures on the current state of data privacy and what can still be improved.
Mike Wood, CMO at Versa Networks focuses on the importance of securing remote workforces, We anticipate some drastic changes to the world of work as companies re-evaluate their use of traditional workspaces. With this in mind, organisations that have managed to scrape by on ill-suited and outdated remote working set-ups need to take the opportunity to adapt their operations with a more long-term strategy. To enable a hybrid workforce, security is key, and in
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While Data Privacy Day brings renewed awareness one day each year to privacy and cybersecurity, privacy compliance must be integrated into your business processes 365 days a year. As the landscape continues to change, evidenced by recent bills in New York and Washington state, 2021 may prove to be the year when responsibility for protecting personal information and honoring consumer rights starts to go nationwide.
On this Data Privacy Day, in the wake of 2020’s major data breaches and legislative movement, this alert highlights some changes to privacy law on the horizon as well as an upcoming web event hosted by Carlton Fields’ Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice regarding changes to California’s privacy law landscape.
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