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Insurance scams via QR codes: how to recognise and defend yourself

Security Affairs

The Postal Police has issued an alert to warn citizens against insurance scams using QR codes. In practice, fake insurance operators contact victims through calls, messages, or sponsorships on social networks, offering policies at advantageous prices. Online companies do not use generic domains or channels such as WhatsApp or Telegram.

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Indiana Likely to Become Seventh State to Enact a Comprehensive State Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

The bill also contains a number of exemptions, including exceptions for financial institutions, affiliates, and data subject to Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, covered entities and business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education.

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Connecticut Makes Five: The Constitution State Enacts Broad Data Privacy Law Effective July 2023

Data Matters

Connecticut has passed a new state data privacy law slated to go into effect on July 1, 2023. Consistent with all of the state data privacy laws we have seen to date, the Connecticut law does not provide for a private right of action to broadly enforce the privacy rights provisions of the law.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in November 2022 – 32 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Welcome to our November 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. The first was a data breach at Twitter, in the latest PR disaster for the social media giant. The second was a cyber attack on the Russian scooter-sharing service Whoosh, which was discovered after customers’ data was put up for sale on the dark web.

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Connecticut Enacts Consumer Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

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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Iowa House and Senate Unanimously Vote to Approve Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

Hunton Privacy

Controller Obligations Controllers would be required to implement reasonable security practices, provide a compliant privacy notice to consumers and enter into agreements with processors that handle the controller’s personal data. These rights notably exclude a right to correct inaccurate personal data.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2020 – 623 million records breached

IT Governance

Ordinance Survey discovers breach of employee data (1,000). South Carolina-based United Health notifies patients of 2019 data breach (36). Ashley Madison data breach victims still being hounded by sextortion scammers (unknown). Preschool services provider Educational Enrichment Systems discloses cyber attack (unknown).