Nymity launches new EU Module for PrivaWorks

TORONTO , Nov. 4 /CNW/ - Today, at the 31st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Madrid , Spain , Nymity, a leading privacy and data protection research services firm, will launch their new EU Module for PrivaWorks. PrivaWorks is a web-based privacy support tool currently used by hundreds of organizations throughout the United States and Canada to manage privacy and compliance. It will now also feature an EU component.

"The complexities of data protection laws in the European Union were a challenge," comments Terry McQuay, President, Nymity, "but Nymity's research team rose to the occasion and created an incredible compliance tool that will save organizations a lot of time and money." The tool features an Alerting Service, an EU Reference Database and a Data Protection Library. These components will allow subscribers to stay current with and informed about new European privacy developments, and afford them timely access to hundreds of analyzed documents and member state data protection laws.

Leveraging the work of Nymity's research lawyers, EU PrivaWorks subscribers are now able to use expert filters to access EU data protections laws, regulations, directives and standards which will help subscribers maintain compliance by business activity. When asked about the tool, Robert Bond , Partner at Speechly Bircham LLP, said that, "PrivaWorks is an extremely useful compliance tool for EU data protection laws," and that, "Nymity's legal research team has done an excellent job as PrivaWorks provides exceptional value and is a must for all data protection officers".

About NYMITY

Nymity is a global privacy and data protection research services firm with a specific focus on compliance and operational risk management. Nymity's research is currently conducted within the United States , Europe and Canada with expansion into the Pacific-Rim and South America in 2010.

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