RESOURCES Privacy Resources GDPR Resources Cybersecurity Resources HIPAA Resources California Consumer Privacy Act Resources Privacy by Design Resources About Professor Solove and TeachPrivacy Professor Daniel J. Solove is a law professor at George Washington University Law School and the leading expert on privacy and data security law. He has taught for 15 years, has published […]
GDPR, BCR, AND PRIVACY SHIELD TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FAQ by Daniel J. Solove With the powerful new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and huge potential fines looming on the horizon, organizations are scrambling to step up their privacy programs to become compliant. The GDPR requires workforce privacy awareness training. So does the EU-US Privacy Shield […]
SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING PROGRAM There’s a huge ROI on security awareness training. A few years ago, a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report calculated the ROI of security awareness training as half a million dollars. Because most data security breaches involve human error, training can reduce the risk of having breaches. Each member of the workforce is a risk. The […]
DATA SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING DATA SECURITY OVERVIEW Our recently relaunched training program, Data Security Overview, is a short module (~4.5 minutes long) that consists of a short video and 4 quiz questions. This data security training course provides a brief basic introduction to data security. It is designed to serve as the opening message in a data […]
Binding Corporate Rules for EU Privacy In the recently released EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Article 47 identifies Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) as an appropriate safeguard to transfer personal information. Obtaining BCRs might seem like climbing Mount Everest, but this is a short guide will hopefully clear up points of confusion and provide a […]
HIPAA TRAINING HUMANS ARE THE BIGGEST DATA SECURITY RISK This short information security training course (~5 minutes) explains to trainees that humans are the biggest data security risk. The course discusses how human error can lead to data breaches and how people can avoid common pitfalls and mistakes. The course contains a video and 4 […]
HIPAA Training Game Spot the Risks: HIPAA Privacy and Security This HIPAA training game (~5 minutes) is a risk-spotting game involving HIPAA risks to protected health information (PHI). Trainees are asked to spot the risks in a hospital. Trainees select various parts of the hospital and then click on the problematic things in each scene. […]
SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING SECURE WORKSPACES GAME This information security awareness training program (~5 minutes) consists of a game where trainees are asked to secure a workspace when unattended. Trainees learn to recognize the vast array of electronic and physical items that can contain confidential data. The program keeps track of the number of things trainees […]
NEW! HIPAA TRAINING GUIDE Our HIPAA training guide covers the extensive training requirements and the most commonly asked questions. To whom do they apply? What topics must be covered? How often must people be trained? This new HIPAA Training Guide, written by Professor Daniel Solove, walks through the HIPAA training requirements, explains what is required, […]
PRIVACY AWARENESS TRAINING PRIVACY IN ONLINE ADVERTISING Data helps make marketing more effective and efficient. When marketers know more about consumer preferences, messages can be more relevant and personalized to consumers. However, marketers have a great responsibility to users when collecting and using data for marketing. You must ensure that personal data is collected with […]