Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty ( i.e. , a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February 2022.

Data breaches 128

Data breaches Privacy Risk Information Security 128

Data Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the need and scope for a potential federal insurance response to catastrophic cyber incidents, akin to the one put in place for terrorism insurance after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The request, published by the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in the U.S. Background.

Insurance 88

Insurance Marketing Cybersecurity Risk 88

IT Governance

MAY 7, 2024

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. Data scraping is a typically automated process that extracts information from websites, allowing criminals to compile data sets containing personal information.

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Data breaches Education Manufacturing Retail 59

IT Governance

OCTOBER 31, 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. Records breached: Unknown. Data has been exfiltrated, but we don’t know how much. The data controller of the breached data is currently unclear.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Data breaches Security 52

ARMA International

APRIL 18, 2022

It is essential that your organization’s records retention schedule is compliant with the data protection requirements in the jurisdictions where your organization operates. Introduction to Data Protection Laws. Personal data protection requirements may be issued by federal, state (provincial), or local governments.

Personal data 100

Personal data GDPR Privacy Records Management 100

Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

UK outsourcing giant Capita is informing customers that their data may have been stolen in the cyberattack that hit the company in early April. The issue was limited to parts of the Capita network and there is no evidence of customer, supplier or colleague data having been compromised.” reads the update. ” We are in the final!

Access 87

Access Insurance Ransomware Security 87

Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada’s cyber litigation team recently obtained an order in favour of an insurer, granting it relief from forfeiture in respect of more than 11 bitcoins from the assets seized from a prolific ransomware gang. [1] Insurers excluded from restitution order.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Insurance IT Data breaches 98