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Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies

The Guardian Data Protection

Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so Sensitive health information donated for medical research by half a million UK citizens has been shared with insurance companies despite a pledge that it would not be. Continue reading.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Location Matters.

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Top 8 Cyber Insurance Companies for 2022

eSecurity Planet

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.24 But there’s a catch: Insurers are going to carefully assess your cybersecurity controls before writing any policy, and there are limits to coverage. Cyber Insurance is Booming.

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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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Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. Tue, 12/22/2020 - 10:08. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. Data privacy is not a check-the-box compliance or security item.

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

IT Governance

According to the email, Samsung determined on 13 November 2023 that “an unauthorised individual exploited a vulnerability in a third-party business operation we use, and that some personal information of certain customers who made purchases on SEUK’s eCommerce site between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020, was affected”.

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Guidelines Published for Changes to the Singapore Data Privacy Regime

Data Matters

On November 20, 2020, the Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) published a set of draft advisory guidelines (the Advisory Guidelines) to provide clarification on recent amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act (the PDPA Amendments). We have summarized the PDPA Amendments in our previous client Update.