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UAE Announces New Federal Data Law

Hunton Privacy

At present, there is no unified set of privacy or data protection laws at the federal level and there is no single national data privacy regulator. 5 of 2012 relating to Combating Information Technology Crimes, as amended by Federal No. 12 of 2016 and Emiri Decree No. the Cyber Crimes Law (Federal Law No.

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CIPL President Bojana Bellamy Honored with 2019 IAPP Privacy Vanguard Award

Hunton Privacy

Bellamy receiving the 2019 IAPP Vanguard Award surrounded by fellow privacy professionals Justin Weiss, Global Head of Data Privacy at Naspers Group, Laura Juanes, Global Director of Privacy Policy Engagement at Facebook, and Omer Tene, Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer at IAPP. This is so well deserved.

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United States Approved for Participation in APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System

Hunton Privacy

On July 26, 2012, acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank announced that APEC’s Joint Oversight Panel has approved the United States’ request to participate in the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System. The panel also approved the Federal Trade Commission’s participation as the system’s first privacy enforcement authority.

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2020 in review: January to June

IT Governance

To close out the year, we’ve gathered some of the most notable stories from the past 12 months. You can see more incidents from January in our list of data breaches and cyber attacks. The top story from February was the long-awaited conclusion to a series of data breaches that Yahoo experienced between 2012 and 2016.

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Essential guidance for employers on COVID-19 measures at the workplace from 26 April 2022

Data Protection Report

This post considers the MOM Guidance and other related guidance issued by the Ministry of Health (“ MOH ”) [2] and associated data privacy considerations under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“ PDPA ”). It supersedes our previous post here.

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Alberta OIPC’s 2022 PIPA Breach Report – Trends and Key Takeaways

Data Protection Report

Early Notification : Since 2012 – 2013, at least 80% of organizations had already notified affected individuals at the time the breach was reported to the Commissioner. Transmission Error (ie. misdirected communications). stolen objects). Failure to Secure. Phishing / Social Engineering. Timelines to Report breaches to the OIPC [6].

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

eSecurity Planet

Inception helps collect files across environments, analyze historical and real-time data, investigate abnormal behavior, and connect security systems through the Inception API. Series A Evervault 2018 Dublin, Ireland 12 $19.4 Series A Evervault 2018 Dublin, Ireland 12 $19.4 Seed Cape Privacy 2018 New York, NY 25 $25.0