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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR, the EU’s flagship data privacy and “right to be forgotten” regulation, has made the stakes of a data breach higher than ever. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. See the Top Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tools.

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GUEST ESSAY: Addressing data leaks and other privacy, security exposures attendant to M&As

The Last Watchdog

Such consolidation across markets is good news for customers and vendors alike in terms of market growth and maximizing security investments. The FBI recently issued a warning that ransomware gangs are targeting companies during “time-sensitive financial events”, such as mergers and acquisitions. Lack of documented evidence.

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New Jersey Becomes 14th State to Enact a Comprehensive State Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

On January 16, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Bill 332 , making New Jersey the 14 th state with a comprehensive state privacy law. In line with the CCPA and other state privacy laws, the New Jersey law broadly defines “sale” as the disclosure of personal data to a third party for “monetary or other valuable consideration.”

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

Hunton Privacy

state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. SB 5 also requires controllers to establish, implement and maintain reasonable administrative, technical and physical data security practices to protect the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of personal data. This could make Indiana the seventh U.S.

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Federal Privacy Commissioner Published Guidance on What Is “Sensitive” Personal Information

Data Protection Report

On May 16, 2022, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the “OPC”) released an Interpretation Bulletin (the “Bulletin”) on what it considers to be “sensitive” personal information under the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”). Financial Information. Health Information.

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First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

Krebs on Security

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. NYSE:FAF ] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. First American Financial Corp.

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Delaware Could Become the 13th State to Enact a Comprehensive State Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

On June 30, 2023, the Delaware House of Representatives passed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act ( H.B. state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. 154 ) (the “DPDPA”), a day after the Delaware Senate passed the legislation. The DPDPA heads to Governor John Carney for a final signature. This could make Delaware the 13th U.S.

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