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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

One from May 2011 at onlineprnews.com sings the praises of Weblistingsinc.info , weblistingsinc.org and web-listings.net in the same release, and lists the point of contact simply as “Mark.” Cached versions of this site from 2011 show it naming Web Listings Inc. as a business partner. That same management@helpmego.to

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FTC to levy unprecedented $US5bn fine against Facebook

Data Protection Report

On Friday, July 12, 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that Federal Trade Commission and Facebook reached a settlement to resolve Facebook’s privacy issues surrounding the Cambridge Analytica disclosure discovered last year. For example, Senator Mark Warner, D-Va.,

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Acquisition of Nuance Widens Kofax’s Capture Footprint

Info Source

The business was founded as ScanSoft, a subsidiary of Xerox, and launched as a publicly traded entity through a reverse merger with Visioneer’s software business in 1998 [see DIR 12/18/98]. For example, Nuance’s head of software development will report to Al and also to Jim Nicol, our VP of products and R&D.

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EU: Competition policy in the digital era (Part 1)

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Undoubtedly, digitisation also gives rise to legitimate concerns of many sorts: is data safe, or even will AI replace human labour for example. Moreover, in many instances in the past, the publication of similar reports, not only of guidelines, has been the spearhead of subsequent enforcement activities.

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A greener library: The Bodleian?s push for sustainability

CILIP

Examples of facilities-led sustainability projects include: Moving to LED lighting in many areas ? Check to see if the air handling units be turned off for eight to 12 hour periods. The results since 2011 are impressive: Electricity usage down by 68 per cent. 113,000 over two years (2019 vs 2011).

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

In a disclosure notice to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, the organisation explained that an unauthorised party had compromised its computer systems between 12 March and 13 March. The incident occurred after criminal hackers leaked a 2019 backup database containing personal information from customers.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

For example, although there are clear benefits to medical research from giving researchers access to anonymised medical data, it remains a matter of concern to the public, the media and the profession itself. To date, the Commission has adopted 12 such decisions. So to avoid a cliff edge, we will need transitional arrangements.

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