IT Governance

MARCH 15, 2018

The first few steps of your EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance project can be the most confusing. What is the GDPR and does your organisation need to comply? The GDPR demands greater accountability and transparency from organisations in how they collect, process and store personal information.

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2018

As the 25 May 2018 deadline for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance draws near, it is becoming clear that the vast majority of UK businesses will not be ready. Of those aware of the Regulation, just over 25% of businesses and charities have made a start on their GDPR compliance project.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 6, 2018

Only five days after the GDPR became applicable, the first German court, the Regional Court ( Landgericht ) Bonn (in a decision dated 29 May 2018, case number 10 O 171/18 – in German only), issued a ruling on the practical application of the GDPR. 5 (1) lit.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

After a very long delay and amidst rumors that the Spanish Parliament could be dissolved and early elections called, the Spanish Senate speedily dismissed all the proposals for further changes and approved the new GDPR-compliant Spanish Data Protection Act on Wednesday 21 November 2018.

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AIIM

AUGUST 1, 2018

The GDPR’s May 25, 2018 deadline set in motion a mad compliance and security scramble not only for European companies, but also for any company doing business in Europe or with European customers. We just published a new market research report on GDPR. While 11% of organizations are completely prepared for GDPR (i.e.,

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AIIM

AUGUST 1, 2018

The GDPR’s May 25, 2018 deadline set in motion a mad compliance and security scramble not only for European companies, but also for any company doing business in Europe or with European customers. We just published a new market research report on GDPR. While 11% of organizations are completely prepared for GDPR (i.e.,

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

On September 10, 2021, the UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (“DCMS”) launched a consultation on its proposed reforms to the UK data protection regime. Organizations are encouraged to provide input on a range of data protection proposals, some of which are outlined below.

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IT Governance

MARCH 27, 2018

Businesses are starting to panic as they try to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before the May 2018 deadline. Many even believe that the GDPR won’t apply to them because they have fewer than 250 employees. Data protection officers. Does it apply to me?

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that only 38% of businesses and 44% of charities have heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Are your staff aware of the GDPR? Key findings.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2017

There are less than six months to go until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect, but some businesses are not even thinking about it yet, or are only just starting to. Data subject access requests, incident reporting and data breach reporting will all need written processes, too.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Please join us for our October 2018 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events. Data Privacy on Steroids. It is entitled “ Data Privacy on Steroids: Sweeping New Data Privacy/Security Regulation in the EU and California, and What it Means for American Business. ”. Understanding the FTC on Privacy and Security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 5, 2018

( Originally posted to CenturyLink’s blog on November 10 ). To help save time and money, a growing number of enterprises are storing sensitive customer data in the public cloud. Recently, executives from CenturyLink, Thales eSecurity and Park Legal LLC participated in a webinar about “preparing for GDPR in a multi-cloud world”.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Recently, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published a statistical review of personal data breaches during the first four months of the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s (“GDPR”) entry into application. This is due to a specific case, where a booking service provider was affected by a data breach.

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IT Governance

MAY 29, 2018

Remember when I said last month that “with the GDPR less than a month away I imagine future lists will be even longer thanks to the introduction of mandatory data breach notifications”? Well, May’s list of incidents is very long, and the GDPR only came into effect at the end of the month. Data breach. I’m not, though.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

AUGUST 19, 2021

On 17 December 2019, the ICO issued the first administrative fine under the GDPR (known as a monetary penalty notice in the UK), alongside an Enforcement Notice, against Doorstep Disparensee Limited (“ DDL ”). Some of these contained personal data and special category (health) data.

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IT Governance

MAY 25, 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation is now in force. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 25 May 2018, the day the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR) – the first major update to European data protection law in more than 20 years – applies across Europe and around the world.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. The study also revealed that two of those VPN products are under its other developer name, Lemon Clove, and another two by Autumn Breeze 2018. Innovative Connecting VPNs products. Source: VPNpro.

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IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2018

For more than a decade, the Information Governance (IG) Toolkit has been the all too familiar – although not always welcome – annual obligation for healthcare organisations to demonstrate their accord compliance with the Department of Health (DoH) standards for data security. The GDPR comes into effect on 25 May 2018.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2018

This week’s extract is taken from Graham Day’s book Security in the Digital World. This must-have guide features simple explanations, examples and advice to help you become security-aware in a developing digital world. Q: Which brand/website was reported to suffer a data breech in this episode?

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In the first fine issued by a German data protection authority under the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), on 21 November 2018 the authority of the German state of Baden-Württemberg (“LfDI”) imposed a fine of Euro 20,000 on a social media provider for a violation of its data security obligations under Art.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Please join us for our October 2018 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events. Data Privacy on Steroids. It is entitled “ Data Privacy on Steroids: Sweeping New Data Privacy/Security Regulation in the EU and California, and What it Means for American Business. ”. Understanding the FTC on Privacy and Security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 19, 2018

Every June, Gartner hosts a terrific security conference near Washington, D.C. called Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. This event is focused on the needs of senior IT and security professionals, such as CISOs, chief risk officers, architects, IAM and network security leaders. Back to basics.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Please join us for our October 2018 Privacy and Cybersecurity Events. Data Privacy on Steroids. It is entitled “ Data Privacy on Steroids: Sweeping New Data Privacy/Security Regulation in the EU and California, and What it Means for American Business. ”. Understanding the FTC on Privacy and Security.

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IT Governance

JUNE 21, 2018

To mark the launch of the Data Security and Protection (DSP) Toolkit, we are offering 10% off our DSP Toolkit Documentation Templates when purchased before 30 June. . The DSP Toolkit has superseded the Information Governance (IG) Toolkit as the standard for cyber and data security for healthcare organisations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Six months on from the legal implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a third of consumers have admitted they still aren’t confident that the companies they interact with comply with the regulation. A quarter (25%) of people in both regions revealed that they could not explain the GDPR in any way.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

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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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JUNE 26, 2018

With the coming into effect of the GDPR on 25 May 2018, the modernisation of European privacy laws has reached a critical milestone. At stake are not only the consequences of non-compliance, but also the ability to take advantage of new technologies, data analytics and the immense value of personal information.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 11, 2020

On August 5, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it has levied a fine of €250,000 on French online shoe retailer, Spartoo, for various infringements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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IT Governance

MARCH 16, 2018

This week, we discuss the ICO’s new GDPR campaign for micro businesses, a potential data breach at Gwent Police, a US$250,000 reward from Binance and Windows Defender stops a massive malware campaign. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 16 March 2018. Here are this week’s stories.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

101 of 10 August 2018 (the “Decree”) for the national implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) has been published in the Official Journal. The Decree will enter into force on 19 September 2018. On 4 September, the Legislative Decree no.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 28, 2020

On July 23, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) published the first two reports of its Data Protection Regulatory Sandbox Beta phase (the “Beta phase”) involving projects by Jisc (a not-for-profit organization serving the higher and further education and skills sectors) and Heathrow Airport Ltd.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

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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IT Governance

MAY 2, 2019

A third of businesses and a fifth of charities were hit by a cyber attack or data breach in the past year, the UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019 has found. The report says this may be because businesses and charities are going to greater lengths to become cyber secure. The effects of the GDPR.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 15, 2019

On 6 December 2018, the Australian Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 (Cth) (the Act ) was rushed through both houses of Federal Parliament without amendment and received royal assent on 8 December 2018.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2018

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.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Starwood Data Breach – Hackers accessed the guest reservation system of the Marriot owned Starwood since 2014 and copied and encrypted the information. ” reads the data breach notification published by Marriot. ” This is one of the largest data breaches in history, the biggest one for the hospitality industry. .

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