Data Breach Today

JUNE 16, 2023

Agency Alleges 1Health Deceived Consumers About How It Handled Sensitive Data A consumer genetic testing company must ensure the destruction of customer saliva samples and undergo third-party evaluation of its information security program for the next two decades under a proposed consent order with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the world becomes more digital and connected, it is no surprise that data privacy and security is a growing concern for small to medium sized businesses — SMBs. Related: GDPR sets new course for data privacy. Let’s look at some of the challenges faced by SMBs in today’s data privacy landscape.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 11, 2023

4 , also known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). If the TDPSA is signed into law, Texas could become the tenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. On May 10, 2023, the Texas Senate passed H.B. The TDPSA now heads to Texas Governor Greg Abbott for a final signature.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 23, 2024

22, 2024 – Today, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) , announced the program for its third annual Data Privacy Week campaign, which will take place from January 22nd to January 27th. This even includes information about a person’s physical well-being, like health data from apps. Washington D.C.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This week, we discuss the new mechanism for transferring EU residents’ personal data to the US, the first GDPR Data Protection Seal, a new ransomware attack targeting Ukraine and its allies, and the first layer in a defence-in-depth approach to cyber security: detection.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On 14 September, Mulkay discovered that the compromised files contained personal information, including “name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license number or state ID, medical treatment information, and health insurance information”. Some patients also had their Social Security numbers exposed.”

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Incident details: The company found that data on its network had been encrypted without its knowledge. It turned out that an unauthorised party had accessed and downloaded its business records, including files containing personal data. This includes employee data. Records breached: 91,000 individuals affected.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 11, 2023

4 , also known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). If the TDPSA is signed into law, Texas could become the tenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. On May 10, 2023, the Texas Senate passed H.B. In addition to the provisions of H.B.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

On February 28, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued its Opinion 5/2023 on the European Commission Draft Implementing Decision on the adequate protection of personal data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Opinion”). It also takes into account the commitments by U.S. Intelligence Agencies.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

According to the security company Resecurity , which discovered the listing, the data included victims’ name, age, gender, address, passport number and Aadhaar number (a 12-digit government identification number). It secured its systems, notified law enforcement and began investigating the incident.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Computer security and data privacy are often poorly considered issues, experts urge more awareness of cyber threats. It’s not possible to guarantee only security without having privacy or only privacy without guaranteeing security. The Computer Security Incident Response Team.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 11, 2023

HHS Rules Aimed at Beefing Up Health IT Systems, Patient Data Privacy, Security Federal regulators have issued new rules aimed at securing certified healthcare software, helping patients decide which records to keep private, and protecting data used by AI and predictive tools.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data privacy is a concept that governs our everyday lives. We’re asked to hand over our personal data for seemingly everything that we do – from browsing the web to high-street shopping. Although many of us are broadly aware of the risks involved when sharing our personal data, it often doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 2, 2021

Case Stems From Concerns About 'Zoom Bombing' and Other Issues Cloud video conferencing provider Zoom has agreed to settle a consolidated class action federal lawsuit for $85 million as well as reform its security and data privacy practices.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 6, 2023

The reform of Hong Kong’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486) One of the proposed amendments in the Discussion Paper was the regulation of disclosure of personal data of other data subjects, also known as “doxxing”. 486) (the PDPO ) is back on the agenda.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2024

million customers’ data having gained access via a vulnerability in Hathaway’s Laravel web application framework. The compromised data allegedly includes names, email addresses and phone numbers. Data breached: 41,500,000 records. They accessed 41.5 The group has allegedly exfiltrated more than 10 million files.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 10, 2023

Data Privacy Framework (the “Adequacy Decision”). Privacy Shield by the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in the Schrems II case. Data Privacy Framework and commit to a set of privacy obligations to receive EU personal data without having to put in place additional transfer safeguards.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. Data privacy is not a check-the-box compliance or security item. In the Dec.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

On August 8, 2023, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission approved 205 CMR 257: Sports Wagering Data Privacy , a set of regulations designed to create new rights and obligations with respect to sports betting operators’ use of patrons’ Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Businesses that have spent the past three-plus years adapting to the European Union’s far-reaching data privacy law now have to decide how they will respond to a similar law in China that has been criticized as being more vague in its wording and harsher in its penalties. Spread of Data Privacy Laws.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Fowler sent a responsible disclosure notice when he discovered the database and it was secured the following day. TB of ASA Electronics data to its leak site The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang is attempting to extort a ransom from ASA Electronics for 2.7 Date breached: 384,658,212 records. ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang adds 2.7

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Compromised data includes policyholders’ and their families’ civil status, dates of birth and social security numbers, as well as the name of their health insurer and information relating to their contracts. Compromised data included names, ID card numbers, phone numbers, emails, salaries and personal photographs.

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IT Governance

MARCH 24, 2022

Three quarters of UK residents are concerned about their online safety, according to a study by the cyber security firm Surfshark. That figure might not come as a surprise, given the growing awareness of data privacy. According to the survey, 92% of UK residents said that online privacy was important to them.

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2023

This week, we discuss the new EU adequacy decision for the US, based on the Data Privacy Framework (plus Max Schrems’s inevitable reaction), and a proposed UK-US ‘data bridge’. The post IT Governance Podcast 14.7.23: EU-US DPF, UK-US data bridge, MOVEit patches and other security fixes appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Collibra

APRIL 28, 2020

Regulations like GDPR and CCPA were developed to protect our data, and even with the best of intentions, it’s not always easy for large organizations to quickly maneuver to meet these new regulations. Data privacy is now a requirement, and we want to ensure that you are prepared to make the best decisions for your company.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2023

The bright side of data privacy compliance: 5 value-driven opportunities for retailers madhav Thu, 08/31/2023 - 05:20 Failing to keep up with data privacy legislations, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can harm a brand’s bottom-line and public reputation.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

According to databreaches.net , the group exfiltrated tenant information, service management information, financial data, business data, property data, employee data and sensitive business information. For more information about the SEC cyber security disclosure rules, register for our free webinar on 30 November.)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

January 28, 2020 marks the 13th iteration of Data Privacy Day. An extension of the celebration for Data Protection Day in Europe, Data Privacy Day functions as the signature event of the National Cyber Security Centre’s ongoing education and awareness efforts surrounding online privacy. Encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

GDPR is the latest compliance and data privacy reg to affect IT security. We list many more – along with legal issues and GRC solutions to consider.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 11, 2022

On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced it is seeking public comment regarding its advance notice of proposed rulemaking (“ANPR”) on commercial surveillance and data security, on which we previously reported.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format. The data contains more than 56 million records, some of which are duplicates. The ‘enforcement’ and ‘other news’ categories remain unchanged.

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AIIM

JANUARY 9, 2019

Data Privacy Day takes place annually on January 28th in recognition of the January 28, 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding international treaty concerning privacy and data protection. In fact, we've put together some FREE resources to share some of our best Data Privacy tips with you.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 8, 2020

On June 3, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP published its report, What Good and Effective Data Privacy Accountability Looks Like: Mapping Organizations’ Practices to the CIPL Accountability Framework (“Report”). Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Thousands of drivers have sensitive data exposed to hackers in major IT breach Date of breach: Unclear, but breached documents date back to 2017. The data controller of the breached data is currently unclear. The data controller of the breached data is currently unclear. The company took five months to report it.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 24, 2024

Data Security Trends: 2024 Report Analysis madhav Mon, 03/25/2024 - 05:08 Amid ongoing economic uncertainty and a progressively complex threat landscape, businesses are trying to navigate increasingly stringent regulatory requirements while bolstering their security posture. Next came Post Quantum Cryptography with 45%.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As an overarching law in China with respect to data privacy, PIPL shares many similarities with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Although PIPL does not define the “standalone consent,” it is commonly believed that such consent shall be obtained through a separate affirmative action by data subjects (e.g.,

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IT Governance

MAY 17, 2022

Cyber security audits are a vital component of an organisation’s defences against data breaches and privacy violations. In this blog, we explain how cyber security audits work and show you how to conduct one. In this blog, we explain how cyber security audits work and show you how to conduct one.

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