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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 30 October – 5 November 2023

IT Governance

Compromised information included patients’ names, dates of birth, postal addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnosis and treatment information, and health insurance information. Most documents date from 2019 and 2020, and contain Social Security numbers, employees’ salaries, birthdates, addresses, phone numbers and other personal data.

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

IT Governance

million people was compromised, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and billing and claims information. Data breached: 4,452,782 records. 79 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) reports that Ms Alborghetti appeared before Worcester Magistrates’ Court on 15 November 2023, where “she pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining personal data in breach of Section 170 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and was ordered to pay a total of £648”. We hope you found it useful.

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61% of organisations reported a data breach in 2019

IT Governance

If your organisation didn’t suffer a data breach last year, consider yourself one of the lucky few. The insurance firm Hiscox found that 61% of organisations were compromised in the past 12 months. This represents a 16-percentage-point increase over the past year, demonstrating how quickly the threat of data breaches is escalating.

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LabCorp: 7.7 Million Consumers Hit in Collections Firm Breach

Krebs on Security

1, 2018 and March 30, 2019. AMCA has advised LabCorp that Social Security Numbers and insurance identification information are not stored or maintained for LabCorp consumers.” We remain committed to our system’s security, data privacy, and the protection of personal information.” ” ANALYSIS.

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Over-Retention of Personal Data

Data Protection Report

The matter involved one of France’s largest insurers, SGAM AG2R LA MONDIALE, which was subject to an inspection by the French data protection authority (the CNIL), in 2019. The CNIL’s inspection included the insurer’s compliance with Section 5-1(e) of GDPR , which reads: Personal data shall be.

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SEC Continues Focus on Cybersecurity Disclosure Failures, Announces Settled Charges Against Pearson plc

Data Matters

Securities and Exchange Commission signaled its continued, high level scrutiny of companies’ public statements related to data security incidents. Securities and Exchange Commission signaled its continued, high level scrutiny of companies’ public statements related to data security incidents.