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Connecticut Strengthens Data Breach Notification Requirements and the Uniform Law Commission Approves and Recommends Comprehensive and Uniform State Privacy Legislation

Data Matters

In addition, the Act expands the definition of personally identifying information, compromise of which would constitute a data breach, to include patient data and medical data—a general category of health-related information that is not limited to protected health information under HIPAA.

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California Privacy Law Overhaul – Proposition 24 Passes

Data Matters

Changes to the Definition of Businesses Subject to the CPRA. The CPRA adjusts its definition of a “business” as defined by the CCPA; broadening the scope in some cases, and narrowing it in others. The CPRA expanded the definition of a business in several respects. However, in some cases, the definition of “business” is narrowed.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Relatedly, PIPL outlines some categories of sensitive information that do not receive additional protection under GDPR. The FTC, for example, has an extremely broad regulatory reach (sometimes having overlapping jurisdiction with other agencies) and enforces many laws not mentioned here that affect data practices. Location Matters.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format. The ‘enforcement’ and ‘other news’ categories remain unchanged. Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. 2 Common Types of Encryption The two main types of encryption categories are symmetric and asymmetric. Symmetric encryption uses a single key to encrypt and decrypt data.

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New SEC Cybersecurity Rules Could Affect Private Companies Too

eSecurity Planet

Those changes enforced independent financial auditing of companies and required every board of directors to retain at least one financial expert to ensure the board of directors understands those independent audits. Therefore, we should examine each category and consider what the rules fundamentally request.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

Despite the rapid evolution of what constitutes the users, assets, and connections, the fundamentals of networking security remain the same: block external threats, protect internal network communications, monitor the network for internal and external threats, and ensure that users only access authorized parts of the network.