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62% of organisations unaware of the GDPR

IT Governance

There is an alarming lack of awareness across all industries about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , according to a government survey. As you would expect, larger organisations were more likely to be aware of the GDPR. Preparing for the GDPR. The survey split respondents into businesses and charities.

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6,009,014 MovieBoxPro Accounts Breached in Another Data Scraping Incident

IT Governance

Source (New) IT services USA Yes 1,382 Worthen Industries Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Manufacturing USA Yes 1,277 R.J. Source (New) Construction USA Yes 489 ClearVision Optical Source (New) Retail USA Yes 261 Symphony Financial, LLC. Source (New) Manufacturing USA Yes Unknown Human Events.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Software Luxembourg Yes 3,600,000 National Automobile Dealers Association Source (New) Retail USA Yes 1,065,000 Consórcio Canopus Source (New) Professional services Brazil Yes 1,400,000 The Teaching Company (Wondrium by The Great Courses) Source (New) Education USA Yes 1.3 TB Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co.

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These 3 GDPR Requirements You Must Support Today are Nothing Compared With What’s Coming

Reltio

On May 25, 2018 GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) went into effect. The primary objectives of the GDPR are to give control back to their EU citizens and residents over their personal data, to simplify the regulatory environment for international business, and to unify regulations within the European Union.

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More than half of consumers would consider legal action if their data was compromised during a breach

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Six months on from the legal implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a third of consumers have admitted they still aren’t confident that the companies they interact with comply with the regulation. A quarter (25%) of people in both regions revealed that they could not explain the GDPR in any way. Ready or not.

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Hunton Releases 2016 EU General Data Protection Regulation Guide for In-House Lawyers

Hunton Privacy

After much debate, the final version of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is expected to be adopted by the European Parliament this week and to take effect in early 2018. enforcement, sanctions and penalties. supervisory authorities. accountability. privacy by design and by default. data breach reporting.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2020 ­– 7 billion records breached

IT Governance

Tait Towers Manufacturing discloses security incident affecting employee data (unknown). Australian activewear retailer In Sport infected with ransomware (unknown). Just Eat customers’ details dumped in Cleveleys alley as data watchdog warns of GDPR breach (unknown). Australian government bombarded by cyber attacks (unknown).