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Brits Express Greater Concern Over Data Privacy as Cyber Attacks Soar

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That figure might not come as a surprise, given the growing awareness of data privacy. There are regular news stories of data breaches, while the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has changed the way organisations handle personal data. The lack of data breaches isn’t purely good fortune, though.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

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New guidance EDPB publishes information on Data Protection Framework redress mechanism The European Data Protection Board’s Information Note on the redress mechanism for EU/EEA individuals in relation to alleged violations of U.S. law with respect to their data collected by U.S

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

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Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed. of the Standard.

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Hong Kong Company Director Convicted Under Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance

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A director of a Hong Kong company has been convicted of an offence under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”). As a result, the director was convicted on 30 June 2017 for failing to comply with a lawful requirement of the Privacy Commissioner and was fined HK$3,000 (approximately US$385).

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 5 – 11 February 2024

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Data breached: >33,000,000 people’s data. Thailand’s Department of Older Persons breached, exposing almost 20 millio n personal data records The Department of Older Persons, part of Thailand’s Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, suffered a data breach in which 19,718,687 rows or personal data was exposed.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 January 2024

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Data breached: 2 PB. 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.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024

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European Commission completes review of adequacy decisions The European Commission has reviewed 11 adequacy decisions that allow EU residents’ personal data to be transferred to third countries. Subscribe now The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.