COVID-19 Reinforces Need for Federal Consumer Data Privacy Laws
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COVID-19 may have kept some companies from preparing for the changes that the California Consumers Privacy Act (CCPA) brought in 2020, but it is coming sooner and harder than most companies expect. Where consumer data privacy is headed and the possibility of a federal equivalent, among other topics, are addressed by Global IT Solutions provider Technologent’s Chief Information Security Officer Jon Mendoza.
Currently, 47 states of the Union have weak or nonexistent data privacy laws.
The CCPA allows consumers access to the information a company has on them, as well as the list of other groups that the company has shared or sold the same information. If a company violates these rules, a consumer has the right to sue.
BigID and MongoDB Deliver Scalable Data Intelligence for Enterprise Data in the Cloud
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The strategic partnership reduces risk for cloud native tools and enables joint customers to achieve compliance and protect their sensitive data. NEW YORK (PRWEB) December 17, 2020 BigID, the leader in data discovery and intelligence for privacy, protection and perspective, today announced a partnership with MongoDB, the leading, modern, general purpose database platform.
Modern approaches to solving data privacy, data protection and data governance challenges rely on innovative technologies. The BigID and MongoDB partnership brings customers a seamless integration to discovering and cataloging sensitive data in MongoDB, while leveraging a modern general purpose database for BigID’s platform.
Data protection startup BigID raises $70M on $1B unicorn valuation
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Data protection and privacy startup BigID Inc. announced today that it has raised $70 million in new funding to deliver new applications for using data for data privacy, security and governance.
The Series D round was led by Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global and included Glynn Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners and Boldstart Ventures. The round was raised on a valuation of more than $1 billion, giving BigID unicorn status for the first time. Including the new funding, BigID has raised $216 million to date.
Founded in 2016, BigID develops and offers software that assists companies to secure customer data and to satisfy privacy regulations. The company’s platform uses advanced machine learning and what it calls “identity intelligence” that allows users to find, track and “de-risk” identity data stored on servers. It does so by automatically catal
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