ZDNet reports Singapore has designed a framework that outlines core skills and ethical values data protection officers need to best serve organizations in the digital economy. The framework will help educate and train more than 500 DPOs that will take part in a yearlong pilot program. The Personal D...

U.S. banks and the Social Security Administration have agreed to share data in an effort to help banks verify identification for credit applications, Bloomberg reports. For years, the SSA had been reluctant to share the data as banks sought a solution to slow increasing cases of identity theft. The ...

In a hearing held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Facebook Head of Calibra David Marcus said the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner will be the regulator of the tech company’s Libra cryptocurrency. In response to Marcus’ statement, FDP...

Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has confirmed that millions of citizens potentially had their financial data stolen by hackers in a recent breach, Reuters reports. A self-proclaimed Russian hacker with access to the stolen data told media outlets that 110 databases that combined to hold...

MediaPost reports there are proposed revisions to China's Personal Information Security Specification that would prohibit data collection for contractual purposes. The proposal requires prior consent for such collection to take place, and the changes reportedly make China's policy more stringent tha...