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. “Knowing how to safeguard your personal information has never been more important than it is today.

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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. In addition to the provisions of H.B.

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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. The long-awaited Adequacy Decision provides EU companies transferring personal data to the U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Data Privacy Framework.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Scientists at NTT Research are working on an advanced type of cryptography that enables businesses to perform aggregate data analysis on user data — without infringing upon individual privacy rights. Rising data privacy regulations underscores the need for such a capability, Boyle told me.

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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. In keeping with the slogan ‘Keep it private’, the campaign suggests that individuals minimise the amount of data they share online.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Records breached: Unknown, but sensitive personal data was probably breached. BHI Energy Announces Data Breach Affecting Confidential Information of 91k Individuals Date of breach: 29 June 2023 (filed notice with the Attorney General of Maine on 18 October 2023). It’s unclear whether personal data has been breached.

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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 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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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. PIPL vs. GDPR.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

On August 20, 2021, China’s National People’s Congress passed the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which will become effective starting November 1, 2021. As an overarching law in China with respect to data privacy, PIPL shares many similarities with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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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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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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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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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 22, 2023

reports that in early August 2023, the Indian Parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (the “Act”), bringing to a close a 5-year process to enact an omnibus data privacy law in India. The Act significantly updates a previous draft, and departs substantially from the GDPR model of privacy laws.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 6, 2024, Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 255 , making New Hampshire the 15th state with a comprehensive privacy law. The thresholds are closer to those of, e.g. , Delaware’s Personal Data Privacy Act (H.B. The lower thresholds appear to be reflective of NH’s smaller state population.

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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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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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. It secured its systems, notified law enforcement and began investigating the incident. Boeing is “assessing the claim”. Reading rooms remain open.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

Italy’s data privacy watchdog launched an investigation into the “potential risks” associated with the use of Russian antivirus software Kaspersky. Italy’s data privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into potential risks associated with the use of the Kaspersky antivirus.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

A flurry of significant European Court of Justice judgments relating to data protection were published in the final few months of 2023.

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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”). Intelligence Agencies.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

On 11 August 2023, India’s long-awaited law governing data protection – the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ( DPDP Act ) – received the President’s assent and was published in the official gazette the following day. data subjects, using the GDPR terminology) located within India.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The global data privacy landscape is changing and everyday we can see new regulations emerge. These regulations are encouraging organizations to be better custodians of the consumers data and create a healthier space for data privacy. Tracking Personal Data.

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Collibra

MAY 12, 2020

In our last blog, we discussed the importance of data governance when building an effective data privacy and compliance program. Now we’re moving a little bit deeper into how your data team can collaborate with others to implement a privacy strategy. Access to personal information benefits every department.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 31, 2023

On July 19, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued an Information Note regarding data transfers to the U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the “Data Privacy Framework”) on July 10, 2023 (the “Information Note”). following the adoption of an adequacy decision on the EU-U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2022

On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring , after the law was previously passed by the Connecticut General Assembly in April. Connecticut is now the fifth state to enact a consumer privacy law.

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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. Data breached: 4,452,782 records. They accessed 41.5 HealthEC LLC breached, almost 4.5

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signaled his intent to overhaul data privacy within Canada. Prime Minister Trudeau recently sent a Mandate Letter to Navdeep Bains, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, that contained a number of mandates with respect to data privacy.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Records breached: 204.1GB of data in 183,793 files Beaverton School District warns parents of student data breach Date of breach: October 2023 Breached organisation: Beaverton School District, Oregon Incident details: One of Oregon’s largest school districts has warned parents that a data breach has affected students’ information.

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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. Data breached: >33,000,000 people’s data. Data breached: 19,718,687 records.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Related: Hackers direct botnets to manipulate business logic Thompson is accused of pilfering sensitive data for 100 million US and 6 million Canadian bank patrons. Best security and privacy practices on everyone’s part is more imperative than ever. I’ve been saying this for 15 years, and it remains as true as ever.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 10, 2021

On May 6, 2021, Google announced that beginning in the second quarter of 2022, mobile app developers submitting new apps and app updates to the Google Play store will be required to disclose certain information regarding their apps’ data collection, use, sharing and security practices, as well as provide a privacy policy for their apps.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Breached organisation: A Limerick-based IT services firm (in the Republic of Ireland), retained by 11 towing companies, which are used by state bodies including the Irish national police and security service, An Garda Síochána. The data controller of the breached data is currently unclear. million genetic data profiles leaked.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to have enacted laws relating to personal data protection. Some key provisions in the draft personal data protection law are: Personal Data. General personal data v.

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Collibra

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The manner in which data, especially personal and sensitive data, is accessed, stored and used by businesses plays a vital role in establishing this trust. What’s the difference between data privacy and data security? It is also about-individuals’ rights with respect to their personal data.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 13, 2021

On April 29, 2021, the New York City Council passed the Tenant Data Privacy Act (“TDPA”), which would regulate the collection, use, safeguarding and retention of tenant data by owners of “smart access” buildings. Privacy policy. Security safeguards. Data destruction. building guests). building guests).

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

9 million records breached through decade-long data leak A former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp) illegally accessed about 9 million personal data records over the course of a decade (2013 to 2023). Breached records: more than 56 million.

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