Enforcement actions related to information security represent more than 70% of the fines issued by EU Data Protection Authorities under GDPR as of June 2020. (Credit: wk1003mike/Shutterstock) Enforcement actions related to information security represent more than 70% of the fines issued by EU Data Protection Authorities under GDPR as of June 2020. (Credit: wk1003mike/Shutterstock)

Corporate acquisitions are like poker games — players have only limited opportunities to improve their hands before the betting ends. When one company acquires another, whether in a friendly deal, the sale of stock or assets in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, or a hostile takeover, the result is the same: the acquirer bets on the privacy and security practices of the acquired entity.

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