Life with GDPR

Welcome to a special series on Life with GDPR. Over the next five episodes, Tom Fox and Alyssa DeSimone, a legal/compliance & risk management expert, with an extensive background in HR,  will discuss the complex topic of a Compliance Roadmap for ADS/ADMT. In this second episode, Tom Fox and Alyssa DeSimone review the opt-in and opt-out requirements introduced in the recent updates to the Californi...

Welcome to a special series on Life with GDPR. Over the next five episodes, Tom Fox and Alyssa DeSimone, a legal/compliance & risk management expert with an extensive background in HR, will discuss the complex topic of a Compliance Roadmap for ADS/ADMT. In this first episode, we break down the essentials of ADS/ADMT, focusing on who is covered, the nuances of jurisdiction, and the broader business...

Jonathan Armstrong remains on assignment. Today, Tom Fox visits with fellow Texan Jim LaRoe, CEO of Symphion, to discuss data privacy, data protection, and compliance related to printer security in one of the most interesting podcasts Tom has done in some time. Jim provides insight into how 20-30% of network endpoints are printers, and alarmingly, 99% of these are unprotected. Printers, despite be...

Jonathan Armstrong remains on assignment. Today, Tom visits with Adam Goslin, founder of Total Compliance Tracking, to discuss his journey from IT development and management to becoming a leader in the security and compliance sector. Adam shares his professional background, the challenges he faced with achieving PCI compliance, and the insights that led him to create a system to streamline complia...

Tom Fox takes a solo turn as Jonathan Armstrong is on assignment. Today, Tom visits with Inge Zwick, Executive Director, Head of Europe, and ESG Lead at Emapta Global, a global outsourcing company. They discuss the company’s operations, with a particular focus on managing GDPR compliance within the outsourcing framework. They also discuss common misconceptions about outsourcing under the GDPR, ris...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned cybersecurity experts, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. This episode explores the complex intersection of AI and recruitment, focusing on compliance challenges under GDPR and potential risks. Jonathan highlights that AI is often more prevalent in recruitment processes than many compliance officers realize, often through third-party vendors. He disc...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, they discuss Cookie Compliance Under GDPR. Their discussion highlights the increasing enforcement actions surrounding website cookies, emphasizing that this is a data protection issue and a broader compliance challenge. Specific case studies, such as the Dutch regulator’s...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. This episode discusses the complex topic of liability for the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Tom and Jonathan begin by examining notable cases like Joe Sullivan, the former CISO at Uber, who faced prosecution for mishandling a ransomware threa...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned expert in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, they discuss a pressing deadline for compliance officers: the February 2nd enforcement of the EU AI Act’s prohibitions on unacceptable AI risk. Tom and Jonathan look at the phased implementation of this complex legislation, detailing the obligations of businesses using AI i...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned expert in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. This episode delves into the UK’s Failure to Prevent Fraud guidance. The podcast spans the initial implications and conflicts these new provisions present, especially in the context of GDPR and compliance with bribery investigations. Jonathan explains the concept of ‘failure to prevent frau...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned expert in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, we delve into the complex provisions of the new EU AI Act, exploring its global effects and extraterritorial implications similar to the GDPR. Tom, Jonathan and a few friends discuss the multifaceted regulatory framework, which combines elements from EU antitrust law, GDPR,...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, a renowned expert in cybersecurity, co-host the award-winning “Life with GDPR.” Jonathan has returned from his hiatus, and in this episode, we examine the UK election results and their potential impact on compliance. The recent UK election has significant implications for compliance, particularly concerning the dynamics between the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) an...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned expert in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. Jonathan is on a short hiatus and in this episode, we have a special guest, Karen Moore who discusses the EU’s Corporate Sustainability-Due Diligence Directive. Karen Moore is a well-versed professional in the area of impact assessments and due diligence, with a particular focus on human ri...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. Today we consider the NIS2 Directive, which is the EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity. It provides legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU. Cybersecurity regulations are reshaping the landscape, demanding swift action and accountability from organizations and...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, they look at the continued fallout from the Solar Winds data breach. In the complex world of data protection, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has placed a spotlight on the importance of transparency, honesty, and corporate responsibility. Experts Tom Fox and...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, they look at a breach of a big law. In the wake of a recent spearphishing attack and data breach at a UK law firm, the legal community is abuzz with discussions on the responsibility of lawyers to prevent such attacks. Tom Fox, known for his critical perspective on big law...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, they look at litigation over a data breach against Singtel Opus in Australia and the fallout from an investigation report. The recent data breach at Intel Optus, affecting 1.2 million individuals, has brought to light the critical role of strategic communication in managin...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. We take things in a different direction today as we discuss the somewhat lurid allegations around former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries. This matter illustrates the need for robust background checks and support of those who bring forward complaints against top management. The topic...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. The recent controversy surrounding Nigel Farage’s banking situation highlights the risks and compliance challenges faced by the banking industry in relation to data protection. In this episode, Tom and Jonathan discuss a data breach in a Scottish hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned expert in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, Tom and Jonathan discuss a troubling inadvertent data release by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The release occurred when a document containing sensitive information about PSNI employees was mistakenly uploaded to a public site, putting officers at risk. The...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned expert in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. The recent controversy surrounding Nigel Farage's banking situation highlights the risks and compliance challenges faced by the banking industry in relation to data protection.  In this episode, Tom and Jonathan discuss the closure of Farage's bank account with Coutts, a high-end bank owned...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned expert in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. Matt Kelly and Jonathan Marks join Tom and Jonathan Armstrong on this episode, as they explore the case of former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan and the lessons compliance officers can learn from his lenient sentence. From growing trends of personal accountability to conflict of interests, the host...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned expert in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. In this episode, they discuss the recent billion-dollar fine imposed on Meta (formerly Facebook) for violating data protection laws. They break down the significance of this ruling which limits the use of standard contractual clauses and requires due diligence checks when transferring data...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. Join them in this episode as they discuss the recent court decision in the Austrian case and its implications on GDPR claims. Discover the guidelines for GDPR damage compensation, assessment of damages, liability provisions, and how businesses can make themselves more robust to avoid such...

Tom Fox and Jonathan Armstrong, renowned experts in cyber security, co-host the award-winning Life with GDPR. Join them in this episode as they delve into the hot-button issue of data transfers from the EU to the US. With potential new rulings looming, the replacement for privacy shield is said to be doomed to fail. The European data protection board is investigating complaints against Google and...