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Data breaches: the financial cost of poor planning

IT Governance

Data breaches can have a wide-reaching impact. Not only can a data breach affect your organisation’s ability to fulfil its business objectives for at least a little while, but there is a significant financial cost associated with a breach of data, whether malicious or accidental. Pecuniary fines.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

More than 770 million people learned their email addresses had been made public in what would be known as the ‘Collection #1’ data breach. Sensitive data belonging to hundreds of German politicians and public figures was published online. Mumsnet disclosed a data breach affecting 4,000 people. million (£4.2

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CIPL and AvePoint Release Global GDPR Readiness Report

Hunton Privacy

Telecommunication and technology companies were the most represented respondents, followed by insurance and financial services companies, as well as pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. The survey respondents were a mix of both data controllers and data processors, with 57 percent controllers and 43 percent processors.

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California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – Four Key Considerations for Health and Life Sciences Companies

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

The CCPA imposes obligations on for-profit “businesses” that meet specific threshold requirements. Determining what is medical information and who is a provider of health care under the CMIA have long been complicated assessments for health and life science companies such as pharmaceutical and device manufacturers.

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California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – Four Key Considerations for Health and Life Sciences Companies

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

The CCPA imposes obligations on for-profit “businesses” that meet specific threshold requirements. Determining what is medical information and who is a provider of health care under the CMIA have long been complicated assessments for health and life science companies such as pharmaceutical and device manufacturers.

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California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – Four Key Considerations for Health and Life Sciences Companies

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

The CCPA imposes obligations on for-profit “businesses” that meet specific threshold requirements. Determining what is medical information and who is a provider of health care under the CMIA have long been complicated assessments for health and life science companies such as pharmaceutical and device manufacturers.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

66,702,148 known records breached in 103 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 6.9