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US citizens lost more than $68M to SIM swap attacks in 2021, FBI warns

Security Affairs

In 2018, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received complaints for 1,611 SIM swapping attacks, while the number of complaints in the period between 2018 e 2002 was 320 causing a total of losses of $12 million. Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts. Be aware of any changes in SMS-based connectivity.

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New EU Breach Regulation in Force

Hunton Privacy

The Regulation on the measures applicable to the notification of personal data breaches under Directive 2002/58/EC (the “Regulation”) specifies the technical measures of how Internet service providers, telecommunications providers and other public electronic communications service (“ECS”) providers must notify of data breaches.

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UK: ICO PUBLISHES SIGNIFICANT NEW GUIDANCE ON COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (“ PECR “), implementing Directive 2002/58/EC), and not by the GDPR, e-privacy and data protection law are closely related. conditioning access to a site or service on consent to certain cookies) are prohibited if they prevent access to the website in general.

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Article 29 Working Party Issues Opinion on Device Fingerprinting

Hunton Privacy

of the e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC (as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC) to device fingerprinting. In addition, the subscriber or user must have been provided with clear and comprehensive information in accordance with EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. The Working Party concludes that Article 5.3 According to Article 5.3

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What will a turning point in academic publishing look like?

CILIP

WHEN 43 editors resigned from two Elsevier journals in April they not only transferred smoothly to a new title at a new publisher, they also successfully highlighted growing concerns about the profits of the largest commercial publishers from open access publishing. a clear motive; support from stakeholders; a realistic destination.

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France Introduces Data Security Breach Notification Requirement for Electronic Communication Service Providers

Hunton Privacy

The Ordinance implements the provisions of the revised EU Directive 2002/58/EC (the “e-Privacy Directive”) with respect to the French Data Protection Act of 1978, the French Postal and Electronic Communications Code and the French Consumer Protection Code.