Companies are increasingly expecting prospective chief privacy officers to possess a law degree, former Silicon Valley Bank CPO Ryan Barker, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, writes. He said the evolution of complex jurisdictional privacy laws resulted in the "notion that CPOs must hold law ...

Lakeland Community College in Ohio will notify nearly 290,000 people whose personal information may have compromised in a March data breach, GovInfoSecurity reports. The college's health center partners with University Hospitals, which is a network of 21 hospitals in Ohio. In a recently filed breach...

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act was signed into law 12 Aug. To help privacy professionals get a grip on what the law says and means, as well as how organizations should approach compliance, IAPP Research and Insights Associate Alyanna Apacible offers an introduction to a new operational...

Air Canada announced it sustained a cyberattack that compromised the personal data of employees, The Globe and Mail reports. Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick said hackers did not breach its customer-facing systems nor the airline's flight systems, but did not explain what types of personnel...

When deploying artificial intelligence models in various facets of an organization's operation, cross-departmental collaboration "is essential," Collibra Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Product and Privacy Amanda Weare writes. She said an effective AI governance plan across multiple de...