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HIPAA vs GDPR Differences You Need to Know

HIPAA and GDPR compliance laws are both essential laws from Europe and America to protect user data. While HIPAA focuses on protecting medical and patient information to prevent the rise in healthcare data breaches, GDPR is broader, focusing on regulations that handle personally identifiable information (PII) of EU and UK citizens.

When to Call a Lawyer for Unpaid Overtime

Rebel's Guide to Project Management, a digital resource for professionals, surveyed 3,000 employees across the U.S., finding that collectively Americans worked 46 billion hours of unpaid overtime in 2023. If you do overtime work, say, 40 hours, and go unpaid, it would be in your best interest to re-evaluate this setup. Your employers may have instructed you to clock out and continue working or to suffer retaliation for discussing wages with your co-workers.

The EU AI Act and what it means for managing incidents

If you've been in earshot of tech leadership lately, you've probably heard the words 'EU,' 'AI,' and 'compliance' in conversation. The EU AI Act is officially upon us, and with it comes a whole new set of incident response and reporting requirements that might feel like a yet another bureaucratic set of requirements to worry about. But there's a different way to look at this legislation.

From Mandate to Mindset

Regulations like the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) are top of mind for many in the embedded software world right now, and understandably so. The pressure to comply is real, especially for teams already juggling tight schedules and complex development environments. But as disruptive as these mandates might feel, they also present an opportunity and perhaps a necessary nudge to adopt better habits that can strengthen the software we build, far beyond compliance.

GDPR Log Management: A Practical Guide for Engineers

GDPR compliance for logs can be tricky—especially when you're trying to maintain system visibility and protect user data at the same time. For SREs and IT teams, it’s a balancing act between staying on the right side of privacy laws and not losing the context you need to troubleshoot. This guide walks through practical ways to handle personal data in logs, set up retention rules that make sense, and stay compliant without creating unnecessary friction.

How to Balance Regulation-Mandated Data Collection with GDPR Rules in IoT

Navigating the fine line between data collection and privacy is crucial in today's connected world. In this video, we explore how techniques like differential privacy allow for data gathering without compromising user confidentiality. Learn how to audit your data strategy and capture only what’s necessary to ensure compliance while keeping your devices secure.

EU Targets Garantex: $28M Frozen as EU Expands Sanctions on Russia

Russian crypto exchange Garantex is facing operational restrictions, with approximately 28 million in users' accounts affected after the latest EU sanctions package announced on February 26, 2025. The EU has been sanctioning Russia throughout its ongoing military conflict with Ukraine. The latest measures focus primarily on individuals and organizations with close ties to Russian financial institutions. Garantex was included in the sanctions due to its association with previously sanctioned Russian banks, such as Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, and T-Bank.

What is NIS2 Compliance? And How to Use Proactive Monitoring to Automate Compliance

NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive 2) is the European Union’s updated cybersecurity directive, replacing the original NIS Directive (2016), often referenced to as NIS1. NIS2 was adopted in December 2022 and the deadline for implementation by EU member states was October 17, 2024. NIS2 strengthens cybersecurity requirements across essential and important sectors to enhance cyber resilience and response capabilities.

DORA Compliance - An Opportunity for MSPs

For Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in the EU, who serve financial organizations, DORA regulatory compliance is a hot topic. The DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) is a new regulation that came into force on Jan 17th, 2025, aimed at ensuring the operational resilience of financial entities in the EU, focusing on technology risk management and minimizing disruptions in critical services.