January 22, 2012 – 11:35 pm

On January 25, 2012, the European Union will announce a comprehensive reform of its data protection rules.  This proposed shift will likely toughen existing data-protection requirements and, according to one published report, will include a new rule requiring companies to disclose data breaches within 24 hours of the breach – in effect leapfrogging the toughest [...]

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