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Posts Categorized in Audit & Compliance

As the pace of software and database development increases, so audit and compliance become even more important. Companies and organizations need to ensure they follow stringent regulatory requirements, while remaining competitive. Redgate is actively researching the topic to discover where the pain points are and develop solutions to resolve them.

Devin Conn

30 January 2020

Devin Conn

30 January 2020

What is the California Consumer Privacy Act and how will it affect your business? Part 4

In this series of articles about the CCPA, we’ve been talking about how the new privacy Act affects businesses in California (and businesses outside the state if they handle the data of California residents). We’ve seen that consumers now have seven key rights, and that businesses need to change the way they handle personal... Read more

California Consumer Privacy Act

CCPA

Devin Conn

28 January 2020

Devin Conn

28 January 2020

What is the California Consumer Privacy Act and how will it affect your business? Part 2

With the CCPA now enacted, although enforcement doesn’t start until July 1, customers are waking up and starting to ask questions about it. In part 1 of this series, my colleague Ryan Easley wrote about which businesses will need to comply with it and the penalties for non-compliance. In this post, I want to... Read more

California Consumer Privacy Act

CCPA

Ryan Easley

27 January 2020

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Ryan Easley

27 January 2020

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What is the California Consumer Privacy Act and how will it affect your business? Part 1

Remember all that talk in 2018 about the introduction of the GDPR across Europe? For many of us in the US, it didn’t seem real because it wasn’t in our corporate jurisdiction and we were observers rather than participants. That’s all about to change because on January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act... Read more

California Consumer Privacy Act

CCPA

James Boother

27 June 2019

James Boother

27 June 2019

Enter data privacy. Exit SQL Server 2008.

SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 are out of extended support as of July 2019, but the end of bug fixes, security updates and ongoing support has far-reaching data privacy implications, as James Boother from Microsoft Gold Partner, Coeo, explains. Microsoft products typically have five years of mainstream support, followed by five... Read more

James Murtagh

19 June 2019

James Murtagh

19 June 2019

Data privacy next steps: Compliant Database DevOps

Over the last few years we’ve seen a shift in customer concerns around personal data, brought about by frequent reports of breaches involving famous brands and the growth in new legislation designed to combat this trend. The Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal in early 2018 was a wakeup call for many. Here was a platform that we’d... Read more

Matt Hilbert

19 June 2019

Matt Hilbert

19 June 2019

Data privacy. Don’t look forward. Look back.

You may have heard the news about Amazon being sued recently for storing recordings of children talking to Alexa, without first asking for consent. Two suits were filed in Seattle and Los Angeles, ironically on the day before the company released its new Echo Dot Kids Edition smart speaker. The lawsuits allege Amazon failed... Read more

James Murtagh

22 May 2019

James Murtagh

22 May 2019

Bloor 2019 Market Update for Test Data Management lists Redgate as an innovator

Bloor has published its 2019 Market Update for Test Data Management, listing Redgate as an innovator, and scoring SQL Provision 4.5 stars out of 5 for test data provisioning. If you’re not familiar with Bloor, it’s an independent research and analyst house founded to help organizations choose optimal technology solutions. As database teams grapple with... Read more