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$10,000,000 civil penalty for disclosing personal data without consent

Data Protection Report

The claims related to the company’s sharing personal data without consumer consent and making it very difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions to this telehealth service. The order also, in Section IX, set forth data destruction requirements and a data retention policy.

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GDPR personal data explained

Collibra

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in force since May 25, 2018, requires businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of European Union (EU) citizens, for transactions that occur within EU Member States. The GDPR also regulates the exportation of personal data outside the EU. Location data .

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How Data Governance Protects Sensitive Data

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When an organization knows what data it has, it can define that data’s business purpose. And knowing the business purpose translates into actively governing personal data against potential privacy and security violations. Do You Know Where Your Sensitive Data Is? erwin Data Intelligence.

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

billion locals' data. It's operating in an era of increasingly large repositories of personal data held by both private companies and governments alike. Here, Motherboard talks about personal data being sold for less than $10 a pop in a case that sounds eerily similar to the previously mentioned Medicare one.

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Three essential steps to protecting your data across the hybrid cloud

IBM Big Data Hub

This is an issue because enterprises can’t possibly expect to be able to protect all their data when they are not aware of its location. This further creates a data security and compliance problem for companies, which can lead to numerous ramifications, such as costly fines, time-consuming lawsuits, damaged reputation and more.

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