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EU’s New Laws on Illegal Cookie Walls: What it Means for Online Privacy

With the new EU laws on illegal cookie walls, online privacy is set to receive a much-needed boost. But what exactly are cookie walls and why have they been declared illegal? Today, we’ll take a closer look at the EU’s new laws … Read More

What is the ePrivacy Regulation?

If you thought navigating online privacy was already a labyrinth, hold onto your hats because the EU is taking things to a new level with the ePrivacy Regulation! This legislation is all about regulating electronic communications’ privacy and confidentiality, ensuring … Read More

Data privacy trends to watch in 2023

In a digital world that is consistently public, data privacy seems to be a recurring issue. Here we will go over the top data privacy trends to watch in 2023. As we navigate the digital landscape, it is important to … Read More

Why Ghost Assets are bad for your GDPR compliance

Ensuring data protection and privacy is one of the most important functions of an IT organization, especially as the number of data breaches within organizations continues to increase. In fact, the average number of violations increased 14% in 2021 from the previous year.  However, the financial threat is not the only reason to prioritize data protection and privacy. Customer trust is an important factor in building a customer base, and data breaches can directly impact that trust. Public perception of a business can be significantly impacted after a data breach, which is why it’s so important to take steps to prevent a breach.  What are ghost assets? In cybersecurity, ghost assets are assets that exist in your environment that you cannot see. They can be invisible due to incomplete and outdated content inventory or the result of ghost computers. Regardless of their origin, they lurk in your environment and can create dangerous new vulnerabilities without your knowledge.  GDPR in a world of remote working Having a complete and accurate inventory of all your IT assets, along with detailed information about all of your company’s IT assets, is an important step … Read More

Is automation of risk and compliance a choice?

Today, managers have many choices and decisions to make when it comes to security, risk and compliance, and having it automated is not even among them. An emerging trend in the market is that more and more companies are investing … Read More

WCAG 2.2 is coming, but what does it mean to you?

The new accessibility standard is expected to arrive in December. What does WCAG 2.2 mean for you? The WCAG (or web content accessibility guidelines) consists of a set of guidelines that your digital portfolio must meet to be called accessible. … Read More

What is compliance automation?

Compliance automation helps organizations streamline workflows such as risk assessment, audit review, and testing. Automated tools do this by taking into account the company’s security and compliance policies. Afterward, regulations related to an organization’s industry, configuration, account, inventory, and security … Read More

What is a data breach?

It is increasingly in the news: data leaks and data breaches. Whether it is within the government, in a hospital or on web shops, every organization has to deal with it. The Dutch Data Protection Authority received about 24,000 reports of data breaches last year and … Read More

Denmark stops using Google services in schools

Denmark stops Google from processing personal data, gathered from school equipment like Chromebooks and laptops Tristan Terlouw – Digital Marketing Strategy Nixon Denmark is going to ban Google services in schools after last year the municipality of Helsingør was ordered to look … Read More

Google postpones the dilation of third-party cookies until 2024

Third-party cookies: Google delays the inevitable until 2024 Google has announced that its plan to remove third-party tracking cookies is delayed until at least 2024.  Google has announced that its plan to remove third-party tracking cookies is delayed until at … Read More