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We've already established that data protection -- i.e., data privacy and data security -- are the primary compliance issues faced by companies that operate globally. But as attorney Janine Bowen in... More >
It's funny how the labels we use for things change over time. The things we're describing don't really change, but how we describe them does. A pocketbook became a purse and then, in some circles, is... More >
Wednesday, IT Business Edge blogger Ralph DeFrangesco mentioned a research project he has come across in which participants created a system by which electronic documents (e-mails, blog posts, chat... More >
This week I'm researching data privacy/data security conundrums that global companies face. There are several, because different countries have different laws on the subject, and some countries (like... More >
Interesting. The British government is encouraging its employees to use Twitter. ChannelWeb reports Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels for Britain's Department for Business, Innova... More >
Data protection in the U.S. is different from data protection in the UK . And because every government does things differently, it should not come as a surprise that data protection in other countr... More >
In an effort to rectify the problems the European Union has with its operating system and browser packaging , Microsoft has proposed allowing consumers to choose to install browsers other than Inter... More >
In the last couple of days, Compliance Week blogger Bruce Carton has raised interesting issues concerning Twitter and insider trading liability. Carton, a former Securities and Exchange Commissione... More >
Financial services oversight has been a focal point of the Obama Administration since the beginning, especially given the economic meltdown the country (and the world, really) has experienced in the ... More >
The Financial Services Authority recently fined three HSBC firms a total of $5 million dollars for inadequate security controls, or a complete lack thereof. It's the largest such fine in the UK, ac... More >
In June, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced it would be delaying this year's international audit inspections for three years . U.S. audit inspections, on the other hand, are "se... More >
There's no doubt we've covered social networking heavily here at IT Business Edge, but what tech publication hasn't? From Facebook to Twitter to YouTube and who knows how many more, they are all ov... More >
Last Friday I had the chance to speak with a team from e-discovery provider CT Summation about recent trends in the e-discovery market. Senior Project Manager Brian McMahon and Product Development ... More >
Here's an interesting thought: The more people are made aware of their privacy rights, the more concerned about those rights they become. That's what recent studies at Carnegie Mellon University reve... More >
Continuing the social networking/privacy vein, BBC News is reporting that Facebook has violated Canadian privacy laws by holding on to users' personal data for too long. The Canadian Privacy Comm... More >
Not long ago, I pointed to Eric Jackson's Breakout Performance blog post on the correlation between the makeup of a company's board of directors and that company's level of success, both in terms o... More >
When I started digging into developments around electronic medical records some time ago, the first two vendors I spoke with were Microsoft and Google . With HealthVault and Google Health, they we... More >
Answering discovery requests has always been a headache for attorneys; more recently, e-discovery has become a headache for attorneys and IT staff as well. I've written more than once this year that ... More >
Last week, the International Accounting Standards Board released a simplified version of the International Financial Reporting Standards targeted specifically to private companies. According to CFO.... More >
The public comment period for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority 's latest proposed rule change closed recently, and the majority of those who commented aren't in favor of allowing FINRA t... More >
I was all set to write a serious post on FINRA's proposal to extend its "suitability requirements" to investment products and services that aren't securities . And I'm sure that will come, but it wi... More >
The woman who has led the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations for the last 14 years is resigning as of Aug. 7 , according to a United Press Interna... More >
The other day, I was pondering the decision the City of Bozeman, Mont., made to ask job applicants to disclose their usernames and passwords for Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Twitter and other social... More >
We've talked about the compliance concerns cloud computing raises, but as prominent as the cloud has become, a refresher is never out of order. This week, Shari Claire Lewis, a partner at the law fir... More >
Late last month, reports surfaced that the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating Apple for possible securities violations in what the company made public (or withheld) regarding CEO ... More >
As a result of the Madoff mess , Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General H. David Kotz has recommended a few changes to U.S. securities laws. Compliance Week reports: Among the modi... More >
Even before the Enron scandal and the advent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act , experts have debated what makes a successful board of directors. After Sarbanes-Oxley, the push was for independent director... More >
Last month, the city of Bozeman, Mont., was the focus of much discussion among social networking sites and privacy experts. The city was asking job applicants for their user names and passwords to F... More >
Nevada legislators have passed a law requiring the state's businesses to comply with the entire Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard if they're going to collect credit card information. ... More >
As much as businesses and government entities today emphasize the importance of data protection, it's not exactly a strength. For instance, look at the announcement of LegaLock's compliant tr... More >
XBRL-tagged financials are required now for companies that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, starting with the largest. By 2011, all public companies will use XBRL tagging f... More >
In an open meeting Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve three changes: A proposal to require companies receiving federal money from the Troubled Asset Relief Pr... More >
When I spoke to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin about the president's BlackBerry and the security issues it raised, he stressed that information classified in the government syst... More >
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