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UK police forces suffered more than 2,000 data breaches in 2020

IT Governance

For example, the report revealed that police stations suffered 299 data breaches on average between January 2016 and April 2021. Police officers and staff have access to vast amounts of sensitive data, and there is always the risk of someone looking up someone’s file without a legitimate reason. Who are the worst offenders?

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UK data breaches drop amid steep growth globally

IT Governance

Gemalto’s 2017 Breach Level Index Report observed a 40% decrease in the number of breached records among organisations in the UK compared to 2016. The UK also experienced a 26% decrease in the number of incidents leading to data breaches (from 108 in 2016 to 80). Accidental breaches. Globally, 1.9 A simulated phishing attack.

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FTC Announces Settlement Regarding Collecting Consumer TV Viewing Data

Hunton Privacy

VIZIO”), installed software on about 11 million consumer televisions to collect viewing data without consumers’ knowledge or consent. implement a comprehensive data privacy program and biennial assessments of that program. On February 6, 2017, the FTC announced that it has agreed to settle charges that VIZIO, Inc.

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Russia: Main Takeaways from Roskomnadzor’s Open Doors Day

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Recently, the Russian Data Privacy Authority (Roskomnadzor) organized an Open Doors Day in honor of the International Data Privacy Day. The Roskomnadzor also continued to review websites’ abilities to respect data subjects’ rights. Guidance from the Roskomnadzor.

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Predictions 2020: Facebook Caves, Google Zags, Netflix Sells Out, and Data Policy Gets Sexy

John Battelle's Searchblog

Last year I predicted there’d be no federal data privacy legislation, and I’m predicting the same for this year. It could be a massive acquisition, a move into some utterly surprising new industry (like content), but my money’s on something related to data privacy. 11 predictions for the coming year.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

11 As the Advisory Committee’s Note to the 1983 Amendment explained, the amended Rule sought to “prevent use of discovery to wage a war of attrition or as a device to coerce a party, whether financially weak or affluent.”12 held that privacy interests were an appropriate part of the proportionality analysis required by Rule 26(b)(1).46

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Apple Patches Vulnerabilities in iOS Exploited by Spyware

eSecurity Planet

In July, The Guardian reported a large data leak that unveiled a list of more than 50,000 iPhone numbers of people being watched by NSO customers dating back to 2016. The recent exposure of 50,000 phone numbers linked to targets of NSO Group customers was all people needed to see right through what NSO claims.”.