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Fight Against Robocalls Is Coming for Telemarketing Text Messages

Hunton Privacy

As reported on the Hunton Retail Resource Blog , on October 20, 2021, a new wave in the fight against “robocalls” is targeting telemarketing text messages. The Telemarketing Act already included “text message” within the definition of a “telephonic sales call.” On July 1, 2021, Florida’s “mini-TCPA” went into effect.

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MY TAKE: Why the next web-delivered ad you encounter could invisibly infect your smartphone

The Last Watchdog

The tech titans have swelled into multi-billion dollar behemoths by myopically focusing on delivering targeted online advertising, in support of online retailing. Cybercriminals have begun escalating their efforts to bend the legitimate online advertising and retailing fulfillment ecosystem to their whims.

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What is a business glossary?

Collibra

Those definitions form part of a business ontology – helping organizations understand how different terms relate to one another. . This definition is specific enough to capture the relationship between entities, but also sufficiently open to accommodate potential differences in interpretation. Why is a business glossary important?

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6,009,014 MovieBoxPro Accounts Breached in Another Data Scraping Incident

IT Governance

None definitely haven’t had data breached. Source (New) Construction USA Yes 489 ClearVision Optical Source (New) Retail USA Yes 261 Symphony Financial, LLC. 253 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached?

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Top 3 Black Friday 2020 scams to avoid

IT Governance

But in the US, Black Friday refers to the discounts that retailers offer the day after Thanksgiving – and thanks to the rise in online shopping (which will be even more prominent this year with COVID-19), it has become a global custom. You definitely shouldn’t buy the TV online there and then. What do you do?

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2022 National Meeting

Data Matters

The Statutory Accounting Principles (E) Working Group (SAP Working Group) continued its ongoing work on a principle-based bond definition, including revisions to the following Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles (SSAPs): SSAP No. NAIC Progresses Revisions to Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles. 26R — Bonds (SSAP No.

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Security in 2020: Revisited

Schneier on Security

In the next 10 years, the traditional definition of IT security -- that it protects you from hackers, criminals, and other bad guys -- will undergo a radical shift. The "people who liked this also liked" feature on many retail websites is just the beginning. Nike sneakers can already communicate with your iPhone.

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