This article first appeared in Corporate Compliance Insights on December 18, 2017
In a precedent-setting move, the High Court in the United Kingdom (U.K.) ruled that a company is liable for data breaches caused by employees, shedding insight into the future of data privacy regulatory enforcement. The speed and flexibility of today’s digital world require the adoption of risk strategies that address not only employee behavior but also the vendors executing on enterprise websites and mobile apps. The changing regulatory environment mandates better control of these digital assets and the role they play in collecting, storing and sharing consumer data.