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It's not a matter of Twitter giving guarantees about optional data. This is PII, which has to be protected legally. Internal controls at a company of the size
by m00x 4y ago
It's not a matter of Twitter giving guarantees about optional data. This is PII, which has to be protected legally.
Internal controls at a company of the size of Twitter is no longer optional. You don't have to intend malice to be guilty of negligence.
Equifax never gave guarantees of security and data safety either, but it's understood that they should be responsible.
- nradov 4y agoWrong. Under US federal law, Twitter has no legal obligation to protect PII. Internal controls for user data are optional. https://pro.bloomberglaw.com/brief/data-privacy-laws-in-the-u-s/ https://pro.bloomberglaw.com/brief/data-privacy-laws-in-the-... To be clear, I am not thrilled with this situation. But even if social networks were legally required to protect PII they would still suffer occasional breaches by advanced persistent threats and state intelligence agencies. Don't post anything important on social media. Just pictures of family vacations and such.
- weard_beard 4y agoWhile you may be correct about criminal law, I'm certain this would impact their SOX compliance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes%E2%80%93Oxley_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes%E2%80%93Oxley_Act) and would put their ability to participate and operate in US securities markets in serious jeopardy.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoHas an SOX compliance case regarding personal information ever been tried in court?
- weard_beard 4y agoI don't know. I'm a techie assisting w/ audit not finance/legal.
- nradov 4y agoWrong again. That law only covers financial controls. It doesn't address user data.
- weard_beard 4y agoSOX compliance has expanded in recent years to cover a gamut of Cybersecurity process and policy. Go look it up. I recently compiled all the documentation necessary for a client I am serving in order to pass. It includes handling of PII, access controls for code repositories and production environments, and tools for ensuring code quality like performing static analysis and mitigating DDOS attacks such as a decent WAF.
- nradov 4y agoYes I have looked it up and you obviously have no clue what you're talking about. The law is the law, and regardless of what nonsense some random corporate trainer might have fed you, SOX compliance requirements haven't expanded in recent years. Go read the actual law instead of spreading misinformation. Some businesses do require their partners to have additional controls on PII handling. But that's purely a business issue and has no relationship to SOX.
- weard_beard 4y agoThis is in the medical and recreational marijuana space which may have additional Reqs, but I am telling you exactly what the auditors themselves are asking for. I'm not talking out of my ass here.
- nradov 4y agoYou're talking out of your ass here. Your auditors may be checking various things for a variety of unrelated reasons, but it has nothing to do with SOX. Read the law. Seriously, it's posted online. You can just go look.
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- m00x 4y agoWrong and small minded. Twitter is an international company with international users, and the law protects the users of that country/legislation. Under GDPR, and other international laws, PII is legally protected. Even if you're an American company, you can't disregard laws of other countries if they're going to be using your product.