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California Consumer Privacy Act: GDPR-like definition of personal information

Data Protection Report

This is the Data Protection Report’s third blog in a series of blogs that will break down the major elements of the CCPA which will culminate in a webinar on the CCPA in October. This blog focuses on the CCPA’s broad definition of Personal Information.

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GDPR personal data explained

Collibra

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in force since May 25, 2018, requires businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of European Union (EU) citizens, for transactions that occur within EU Member States. The GDPR also regulates the exportation of personal data outside the EU. Location data .

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A Decade of Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

And that's precisely what this 185th blog post tagging HIBP is - the noteworthy things of the years past, including a few things I've never discussed publicly before. ” Anyone can type in an email address into the site to check if their personal data has been compromised in a security breach.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

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 breached: 183,754,481 records. EasyPark data breach: 21.1 million data records belonging to EasyPark have been listed for sale on a hacking forum.

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

billion locals' data. It's operating in an era of increasingly large repositories of personal data held by both private companies and governments alike. Sooner or later, big repositories of data will be abused. But claiming the service is "hack-proof", that's something I definitely have an issue with.

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Facebook Is No Longer Flat: On Graph Search

John Battelle's Searchblog

So as to not bury the lead, Facebook has built what it’s calling “ Graph Search ,” a solidly conceived structured-search service which leverages the company’s massive trove of personal data in any number of new ways (some obvious, some nuanced, and some glaring omissions).

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US: The CCPA ‘Moving Target’ One Month Before Privacy Enforcement Begins

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

and that part of the CCPA – which went into effect on January 1, 2020 – presents particular risk because notifiable data breaches of more than 500 California residents’ “breach notice personal information” require notice to the California Attorney General’s office.

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