FILED Newsletter

Whether it’s shadow AI chaos or AI policy confusion, no one knows how to do AI safely – but the pressure to do something grows by the day. But help's on the way

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The Tea hack shows the burden of collecting too much user data

August 20, 2025

The Tea hack shows that when your userbase isn’t anonymous, you need to protect their data.

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The FILED 2025 Midyear Report

July 16, 2025

From DOGE to DeepSeek, Agentic AI to 23andMe – the biggest news of the year so far.

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The return of metadata

June 18, 2025

Metadata is crucial for AI — just ask Salesforce

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Meta AI’s social feed is a privacy nightmare

May 20, 2025

Is making AI queries public a good idea? Or a privacy disaster in the making

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Will China’s regulatory focus bring it global AI leadership?

April 16, 2025

While the West “streamlines” AI laws, a surprising defender of regulation emerges: China.

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You don’t need AI laws to establish strong AI governance

March 18, 2025

AI risk hasn’t gone away just because the law has.

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AI regulation begins to bite, just in time

February 13, 2025

With AI laws coming into effect, new technology coming online, and a US focus on growth, the AI landscape is changing fast – how to keep up.

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2025: what to expect in privacy, security and AI

January 21, 2025

Good: more AI laws. Bad: more AI-enabled hacks.

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2024 in privacy, security, and AI

December 11, 2024

A growing privacy law patchwork, increasing cybersecurity confusion, and lots of AI— everything that happened this year.

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How will the US election impact AI and privacy regulation?

November 13, 2024

With US president-elect Donald Trump signaling a lighter regulatory approach, should businesses still invest in privacy and AI governance?

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The need for privacy is in our genes

October 9, 2024

The challenges of protecting genetic data are numerous.

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NPD - NBD? What to learn from a major, and majorly confusing, data breach

September 17, 2024

Did the NPD breach impact billions or millions, and what lessons can we take from the case?

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AI and Automation are now essential in reducing cyber risk

August 13, 2024

New figures from IBM quantify the impact of automation on security, but they also raise a warning for companies using generative AI.

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Data governance still matters

July 10, 2024

Whether you are improving your privacy posture or preparing your data for AI, investing in data governance is crucial.

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Google shows how not to launch an AI feature

June 12, 2024

Google’s AI Overviews feature offered lessons for those wanting to use LLMs with their data stores, via an almost literal example of the old programming adage: “garbage in, garbage out.”

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A US federal privacy law may actually happen this time, but does it matter?

May 14, 2024

Enforcement is coming whether or not lawmakers line up behind APRA, you need to prepare.

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Is data privacy ascendent or struggling?

April 16, 2024

We have seen improvements, but there is still a long way to go for the data privacy movement.

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Forget about the numbers, data breaches are about real people

March 11, 2024

Approach data breaches with people in mind, and you’ll make better decisions.

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Microsoft, Midnight Blizzard, and the revenge of the legacy apps

February 13, 2024

Why every organization needs to reduce legacy application risk.

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Our 2024 predictions in the world of data privacy and security

January 24, 2024

Privacy laws, security talk, and hacks – what you have to look forward to this year.

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The biggest privacy and security news from 2023

December 13, 2023

Reflect on 2023’s key privacy and security moments.

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The data privacy regulation floodgates have opened. Time to catch up.

November 14, 2023

It’s time to focus on data governance, not just the firewall.

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Is a single ransomware extortion policy realistic?

October 11, 2023

A blanket ransomware policy may be unrealistic. By understanding your data, you can avoid having to make poor decisions on the fly.

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Generative AI will offer up identifiable data if you ask nicely

September 15, 2023

Concerning new research shows how easy it is to get AI to produce identifiable data, raising privacy risks. Plus all the latest in data privacy, security, and governance.

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The HWL Ebsworth ransomware attack shows the importance of understanding your data

Ransomware attacks are mounting; our advice for withstanding them. Plus all the latest in data privacy, security, and governance.

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You’re only as secure as your supply chain

A guide to improving supply chain security, plus the latest news and views at the intersection of data privacy, security, and governance.

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What can Eurovision teach us about data privacy?

June 6, 2023

Meta receives a record-breaking fine from the EU. Is Tesla next? Privacy professionals are doing quite well for themselves. Nearly 60% of firms hit by GDPR-related breaches in the last five years.

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Is your data old enough to vote?

May 9, 2023

New research suggests half of organizations have had a data breach in the last two years. Plus, tips for businesses who want to show customers they are committed to privacy.

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How the US government woke up to data privacy

April 13, 2023

A whistleblower says Canadian bank Manulife hasn’t protected customers’ highly sensitive information “for years”. Tech lobbyists are playing states against each other to secure watered-down privacy regulations. And Putin's cyber warfare strategy is laid bar.

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Twitter's data privacy failings are the norm, not the exception

March 10, 2023

Will there be a catastrophic cyber event in the next two years? Hackers are asking for your insurance details.

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ChatGPT: Is this popular new technology a threat to data privacy

February 9, 2023

How do AI tools like ChatGPT impact data privacy and records management? Plus, 5 questions boards and executives should be asking about data privacy.

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New year, new EU (data boundary)

January 13, 2023

The lessons businesses should take from Microsoft’s GDPR transformation.

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What we miss when we focus on how hackers broke in

December 7, 2022

When it comes to data security, focusing on the fence only gets you so far. You need to keep your valuables tidy and in a locked safe.

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Is Australia a weak target for cybercriminals?

November 8, 2022

It's time to make privacy a developer and engineering responsibility. Do customers care about privacy? Yes. Do workers? It's complicated.

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What does the Optus breach mean for user trust?

October 11, 2022

New York attorney general talks privacy. Portuguese military hacked. DevSecOps industry overwhelmed by vulnerability backlogs.

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Preparing for a US federal privacy bill and more

September 9, 2022

What is the ADPPA? Privacy lawsuit settlements abound. Unsettling security breaches & more news and content!

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Welcome to FILED Newsletter

August 10, 2022

Welcome to the first edition of FILED Newsletter, our new monthly newsletter offering a summary of relevant news, opinion, guidance and other useful links in the world of data, records and information management.