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SINGAPORE: Right of private action under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 – scope explained

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Singapore Court of Appeal has recently clarified that ‘emotional distress’ is an actionable loss and damage under the existing right of private action of Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“ PDPA “). For example, the Court observed that loss of control of personal data would not constitute loss or damage under the PDPA.

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Predictions From Last Year: How I Did (2012 Edition)

John Battelle's Searchblog

The post Predictions From Last Year: How I Did (2012 Edition) appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. As you can see from my 2012 predictions roundup , I took something of a new approach to the prognostication game last year. But the company didn’t do too much to prove my point in 2012. I hope 2013 keeps pace.

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Predictions 2012: #1 – On Twitter and Media

John Battelle's Searchblog

2012 is going to be a year of contrasts – of consolidation of power for the Internet Big Five , and fragmentation and disruption of that power due to both startups as well as government and consumer action. And this will become a major part of Twitter’s work in 2012; work that, to my point, is the work of a media company.

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With Google’s 2012 Zeitgeist, You Won’t Learn Much. Why?

John Battelle's Searchblog

The post With Google’s 2012 Zeitgeist, You Won’t Learn Much. For the US and most other countries, for example, there is a “What is… ” category, which shows the top search queries that start with “What is…” For the US, the answers are. appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm. One of the men indicted as part of APT41 — now 35-year-old Tan DaiLin — was the subject of a 2012 KrebsOnSecurity story that sought to shed light on a Chinese antivirus product marketed as Anvisoft. Image: FBI.

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Predictions 2012 #5: A Big Year for M&A

John Battelle's Searchblog

Hence my fifth prediction for 2012: Expect Internet M&A to heat up , big time. Yahoo’s new CEO Scott Thompson knows how to buy companies and has a data focus, for example. Perhaps, but I think it’ll be in play in 2012. Suffice to say, I predict 2012 is going to be a banner year for tech and Internet M&A.

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Microsoft recommends Exchange admins to disable the SMBv1 protocol

Security Affairs

“To make sure that your Exchange organization is better protected against the latest threats (for example Emotet, TrickBot or WannaCry to name a few) we recommend disabling SMBv1 if it’s enabled on your Exchange (2013/2016/2019) server.” Windows Server 2012: If the command returns false, SMBv1 is not enabled.