A Simple Breakdown of CCPA Compliance

Cole PrudenCCPA, Mandatory Data Compliance, Personal Data Protection, Personally Identifiable Information

The CCPA can be as complicated as it is far-reaching. And with California’s population of nearly 40 million, compliance is a must for many international companies. So, what exactly is the CCPA all about, how does it pertain to you, and what does compliance mean for your business? The CCPA Explained As of Jan. 1, 2020, a new data privacy … Read More

PII De-Identification vs. Masking vs. Redaction

Cole PrudenDe-Identification, Personal Data Protection, Sensitive Data

Are you struggling between processing your clients’ PII needed to complete orders while keeping that same info away from any wandering eyes? Data de-identification, masking, and redaction are just a few of the options open to you. What exactly are they and how do they work? De-Identification To put it plainly, de-identification is the process of removing identifying information from … Read More

The New CPRA Umbrella Covers HR Data

Cole PrudenCPRA, HR Data, Personal Data Protection

Is it too early to start talking about New Year’s resolutions? Well, come January 1st, 2023, the only goal for many HR departments will be unraveling the CPRA’s latest privacy law on HR data. So, will you wait until after Christmas to finally see what all the fuss is about, or will you dive into the CPRA deep end while … Read More

How to remediate PII?

Radim ŘehůřekPersonal Data Protection, PII Remediation, Sensitive Data Remediation

PII Tools lets you automatically quarantine, erase, and redact files and emails to sanitize high-risk data. It works equally well over local data (file shares, laptops, devices) and cloud data (including Exchange emails and their attachments, Sharepoint, OneDrive), so let’s explore how to apply remediation to your workflow. Let’s assume you’ve already identified where the sensitive data lives and which … Read More

Data Leaks: How to Eliminate Employee Error

Cole PrudenData Breaches, Data Leak Prevention, Personal Data Protection, Reducing Employee Negligence

Nearly 90% of breach incidents are caused by human error. No matter the size of the company, the employees hold the key to reducing potential data loss. What can you do to eliminate data leaks from occurring in your business? What is a Data Leak? A data leak, often called a data breach, is the intentional or unintentional release of … Read More

Learning the Difference Between Data Privacy and Data Security

Martin JanoušekData Privacy Regulations, Personal Data, Personal Data Protection

Companies often believe that by securing their sensitive data, they automatically comply with the requirements of various data privacy regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, etc.). Unfortunately, this is not the case. Let’s take a look at these two terms to understand the difference and make sure you adhere to both. It’s a bad habit to treat data security and data privacy … Read More

Export PII drill-down reports

Radim ŘehůřekPersonal Data Protection

In the latest February release (version 2.4.0), we combined Personal Data Analytics search with dynamic HTML report generation to make GDPR compliance and auditing easier. PII Tools already supports dynamic PII Analytics queries to locate personal, sensitive and intimate information. It also generates drill-down PII audit reports for completed data scans. In the latest release, we combined these two capabilities. You can now … Read More