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Businesses to Assist NHS Test and Trace Efforts

Hunton Privacy

Establishments and companies in the UK will therefore be responsible for the additional collection and potential sharing of customers’ personal data. Any entity engaging in this kind of data collection will need to comply with the requirements of data protection law.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

IT Governance

In January 2024, it identified more potential victims, and has now written to inform them that their personal data may have been compromised in the incident. Data breached: 2,632,275 people’s data. 204 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

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MY TAKE: Apple users show strong support for Tim Cook’s privacy war against Mark Zuckerberger

The Last Watchdog

consumers a smidgen more control over their personal data while online. McConomy: The stream of news from mainstream media and tech magazines highlighting personal data privacy options and improved regulations, for one. With loyalty comes respect, adherence and compliance. McConomy: Facebook, Instagram, etc.,

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

IT Governance

Source (New) Software Luxembourg Yes 3,600,000 National Automobile Dealers Association Source (New) Retail USA Yes 1,065,000 Consórcio Canopus Source (New) Professional services Brazil Yes 1,400,000 The Teaching Company (Wondrium by The Great Courses) Source (New) Education USA Yes 1.3 TB Gräbener Maschinentechnik GmbH & Co.

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62% of organisations unaware of the GDPR

IT Governance

There is an alarming lack of awareness across all industries about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , according to a government survey. Almost two thirds (62%) of respondents hadn’t heard of the Regulation, and only about 10% had taken steps to meet its compliance requirements.

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Government survey reveals GDPR awareness is falling short

IT Governance

Of the businesses surveyed, those in the finance and insurance industries had the highest levels of awareness (79%), followed by information and communications (67%) and education (52%). The industries with the least awareness were construction (25%) and production and manufacturing (27%). Don’t let your staff be your downfall.

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Data security: Why a proactive stance is best

IBM Big Data Hub

Thirty percent of those incidents occurred in manufacturing organizations. Data breaches can be disastrous for organizations. It means physically securing servers and user devices, managing and controlling access, application security and patching, maintaining thoroughly tested, usable data backups and educating employees.