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UK ICO fines hotel chain giant Marriott over data breach

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The UK Information Commissioner’s Office fined US hotels group Marriott over the 2018 data breach that affected millions of customers worldwide. million) for multiple data breaches suffered by the company since 2018 that exposed the personal information of its customers. million ($23.5 According to the U.K.’s

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VPNpro research: this Chinese-linked company secretly owns 10 VPNs with 86 million installs

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Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. Any data that is held in mainland China is wide open to access by Chinese authorities, confirming US Senators’ recent fears of American data falling into Chinese or Russian hands.

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Indonesia Soon to Become the Fifth ASEAN Country to Adapt Data Privacy Laws

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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. Indonesia’s adaptation of the law heavily resembles the European Union’s GDPR. General personal data v. data processors.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 264

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Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

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Three Italian universities hacked by LulzSec_ITA collective

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The hacktivists claim that once hacked the universities did not disclose the data breach and attempted to hide the incident, violating the European Privacy Law GDPR. GDPR #LulzSecITA #Università #Hacked — LulzSecITA (@LulzSec_ITA) February 10, 2020. Dato che sui social e siti web non si trova nulla.

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UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach

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The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. ’s Information Commissioner’s Office, Marriott International was not compliant to the European Union’s data protection regulation GDPR.

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Sales intel firm Apollo data breach exposed more than 200 million contact records

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The sales intelligence firm Apollo is the last victim of a massive data breach that exposed more than 200 million contact records. Apollo collects a lot of its information from public sources, including names, email addresses, and company contact information, it also gathers data by scraping Twitter and LinkedIn.