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Reflecting on APAC Data Protection and Cyber-security Highlights for 2019 (and what lies ahead!)

Data Protection Report

2019 saw continued growth and change in data protection and cyber-security across the Asia-Pacific. Following the implementation of the GDPR in May, 2018, many jurisdictions moved to review and strengthen existing data privacy and cyber-security laws. million patients.

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61% of organisations reported a data breach in 2019

IT Governance

If your organisation didn’t suffer a data breach last year, consider yourself one of the lucky few. The insurance firm Hiscox found that 61% of organisations were compromised in the past 12 months. This represents a 16-percentage-point increase over the past year, demonstrating how quickly the threat of data breaches is escalating.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2019 ­– 39.7 million records leaked

IT Governance

After a rampant start to the year for data breaches and cyber attacks, it’s about time we went one month without at least one massive security incident. June 2019’s total of 39,713,046 breached records is the lowest since May last year – the month that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect.

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Google LLC loses appeal against French Data Protection Authority decision before France highest administrative Court

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Therefore, the Irish Data Protection Authority, acting as Google’s lead authority, had sole jurisdiction to monitor Google’s data processing activities on the European Union territory (1). The fine of EUR 50 million is disproportionate and does not take into account the criteria set forth in article 83-2 of the GDPR (3).

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54% of universities reported a data breach in the past year

IT Governance

A survey has found that 54% of UK universities reported a data breach to the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) in the past 12 months. Of the 86 universities that responded to a Freedom of Information request from security firm Redscan, the majority admitted serious shortcomings in their ability to prevent data breaches.

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TikTok sued over its use of children’s personal data

IT Governance

TikTok is again being accused of illegally processing children’s personal data. She alleges that TikTok is violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) by collecting excessive data and failing to explain what it’s used for. In 2019, TikTok received a $5.7 million children in the UK. million (£4.3

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Analysing Data Breaches Caused by Human Error

IT Governance

To find out, we looked at the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set , specifically looking into four data breach types caused by human error: Data emailed to incorrect recipient. Data posted or faxed to incorrect recipient. At the time of writing, the data set starts in Q2 2019 and goes up to Q2 2023.