eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Jim’s post below highlights the importance of a strong information governance program and how creation of a data map can be a key component to that IG program. But he told me that they no longer had access to a lot of the maps, because they had recently upgraded their computers, and the new machines couldn’t read the old files.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 28, 2016

Under the IRR, the processing of personal data has to adhere to the principles of transparency, legitimate purpose and proportionality. The IRR defines personal data as personal information, sensitive information and privileged information. The IRR stipulates general principles for data sharing.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 8 December 2017. The chief executive of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, Ciaran Martin, has warned senior civil servants about using Russian antivirus (AV) software in government departments. Here are this week’s stories. Including interns on exchange programmes.

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Passwords Computer and Electronics Information Security Government 69

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Additionally, I am a Fellow and Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government --where I teach Internet security policy -- and a Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. This was not a minor vulnerability; the computer press at the time called it "critical."

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 29, 2011

On December 13, 2011, the Information Commissioner issued updated guidance on compliance with recent changes to UK law governing the use of cookies ( The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (“Regulations”)). Organizations were given a twelve-month grace period to comply with the new law.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

When we do the weekly supermarket shop online, we should be able to move our shopping list electronically. The commissioner also said: “Children have absolutely no idea that they are giving away the right to privacy or the ownership of their data or the material they post online”. Perhaps the Government could respond on that point.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2024

Mobile network database breach exposes 750 million Indians’ personal data The Indian security company CloudSEK claims to have found the personal data of 750 million Indians for sale on an “underground forum”. Data breached: 750 million victims’ personal data. Source (New) Non-profit USA Yes 25,908.62

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