In our February Compliance Insights podcast, Jill Smiley, a Director, and Steven Stachowicz, a Managing Director with our Risk and Compliance practice, discuss FINRA’s new rule on protecting senior investors and...
Archive - February 2018
As Retail Consumers Embrace Mobile Payments, Digital Loyalty Programs Become a Priority
The 2017 holiday shopping season was a wake-up call for any merchant who still thinks mobile commerce has yet to take off. Mobile transactions accounted for about one-third of online revenue during the holiday season —...
SEC Issues Cybersecurity Guidance: Key Takeaways
On Wednesday, February 21, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published interpretive guidance for public companies disclosing cybersecurity risks and incidents. The guidance provides insight into the...
Saving Analytical Data Without Violating GDPR – Part 2: Aggregation and Anonymization
In a previous post, we reviewed two GDPR anonymization options – minimization and masking. In this installment we discuss two additional options. Aggregation Another way to comply with GDPR is to group data in such a...
Saving Analytical Data Without Violating GDPR – Part 1: Data Minimization and Masking
With an effective date less than four months away, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), known officially as “REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016,” is...
2018 Audit Committee Agenda: Financial Reporting Risks
Financial reporting issues have always been at the heart of the audit committee agenda, and always will be, even as other risks arise to claim their share of attention. With that in mind, half of Protiviti’s recommended...
Don’t Squash the Butterfly: Three Steps to Technology Acquisition Success
Technology companies are in-demand acquisition targets, and not only within the technology sector. Between 2013 and 2016, private technology investments by non-tech Fortune 500 corporations grew 149 percent and were on...
2018 Audit Committee Agenda: Assessing Committee Effectiveness and Obtaining Business Context
All audit committees have an agenda that they follow every year. And while every organization faces its own unique challenges, there are some agenda priorities we believe that all audit committees and executive...
Getting Equipped for the GDPR Journey – Helpful Resources
As we approach the enforcement date for GDPR compliance, 25 May 2018, the European Commission has published a new website for applicable entities to help them understand and align their data handling practices with the...
New FINRA Rules in Force This Week to Protect Senior Investors
According to the U.S. Census, by 2050, the population age 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double the estimated 43.1 million in 2012. In 2015, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)...