Data privacy

With less than 10 months to the deadline for complying with the CCPA, only 14 percent of U.S. companies are compliant and 44 percent have not yet started the implementation process.

For healthcare payers, the answer depends on more than just saving money—optimizing health should be the basis for adoption.

With the California mandate to take effect by January 2020 and a potential new U.S. federal privacy law that could supersede it, firms need to start taking stock of their privacy practices.

California and others have passed consumer privacy laws, and lawmakers in Congress are beginning to address the issue. Here's an overview of the players and the proposals.

The regulation will impact the national and global economy, representing a seismic change for compliance procedures in the US, similar to how GDPR has changed privacy rules globally.

The nature of insurtechs make them very attractive targets, as connected technology creates new gateways for cyber criminals.

With all of the attention now being paid to securing information, many organizations are seeking clarity around compliance regulations and future changes.

While data has immeasurably improved a range of functions and processes, the manner in which data is used by insurers carries significant potential privacy implications and further regulatory scrutiny.

IBM allegedly used location data for targeted advertising and to identify trends for hedge funds, while telling consumers their location would only be used to localize forecasts.

Digital transformation efforts are going well beyond the domain of IT to involve the entire organization, elevating digital strategy to the top of the board of director agenda.

Digital innovation will soon outpace the ability of many organizations to keep up, and have dramatic impacts on artificial intelligence and related skills, cultural advancement and processes becoming products, says Gartner.

Finding critical data in a sea of company data can feel daunting. Start by creating a data inventory to help identify potential 'data hotspots,' recommends Matthew Nelson.

In late June, California passed A.B. 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, a sweeping piece of legislation that, on its face, grants California residents data privacy rights that have never before been granted in the United States.

U.S. universities offering IT courses that cover compliance issues must change their thinking just as U.S. businesses will have to do and must now adjust curriculum to a global outlook.

Unable to analyze or even catalog all the consumer data they collect, companies risk violating data privacy laws.

Cybersecurity regulation for carriers in the US is turning into a many-sizes, many-models scenario, with overlapping and variable regulatory requirements.

How do you create an environment to support rapid innovation while protecting the company from its own excesses? Consider these five steps to moving fast without breaking things.

Insurance is a data business, and a marquee piece of legislation impacting data ownership and portability is likely to impact the sector greatly.

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation will require firms to get consent to use personal data in automating decisions.

Since there is no specific certification, compliance is based largely on certain 'appropriateness' standards and it’s up to each organization to determine what that means.