IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

Welcome to our April 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

Phishing 114

Phishing Passwords Ransomware Insurance 114

Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The GDPR was designed to harmonize data protection laws across Europe and to protect EU residents’ data privacy rights; and, its coming triggered significant privacy and data protection compliance activities amongst organizations doing business in the EU and working with the personal data of EU residents.

Personal data 68

Personal data GDPR Data Privacy Privacy 68

IT Governance

JANUARY 30, 2019

Data protection under the GDPR looks like this: there are data subjects (that’s individuals like you and me), and we own our own personal data. The GDPR provides EU residents with eight data subject rights , and everybody needs to be aware of them to make sure that organisations are collecting our data legally.

GDPR 86

GDPR Compliance Personal data Data breaches 86

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

Compliance is the foundation to effective data security. Using Thales as an example, each subscription to our key management service , CipherTrust Data Security as a Service, is backed by a Luna Cloud HSM for a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 root of trust. Here are a few examples: 1.

Encryption 134

Encryption Compliance Cloud Authentication 134

Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

On November 14, 2013, the Minister of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (the “Minister”) announced that Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the “Act”) would be going into effect as of November 15, marking the end of years of postponements. The law imposes a number of generally applicable principles.

Personal data 63

Personal data Marketing Communications Insurance 63

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This is exactly the sort of information criminals can use to impersonate victims to banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, cell phone companies and other businesses vulnerable to fraud. Regarding Equifax, few consumers have any idea what the company knows about them, who they sell personal data to or why.

Personal data 84

Personal data Computer and Electronics Privacy Data breaches 84

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

Data protection and data privacy Data protection , defined as protecting important information from corruption, damage or loss, is critical because data breaches resulting from cyberattacks can include personally identifiable information (PII), health information, financial information, intellectual property and other personal data.

Security 40

Security Data breaches Data Privacy Compliance 40

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

The owner of the website where the data was posted has been arrested by the FBI, the website was shut down and the investigation is ongoing. MCNA Insurance MCNA Insurance, also known as MCNA Dental, was caught up in a cyber hacking incident last week, in which 112 covered entities were affected. million people.

Data breaches 122

Data breaches Insurance Personal data Ransomware 122

Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

According to the bill’s author, it was consciously designed to emulate the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, and if and when it goes into effect, it would constitute the broadest privacy law in the United States. Specific categories defined as personal information include.

GDPR 79

GDPR Privacy Sales Data breaches 79

Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

According to the bill’s author, it was consciously designed to emulate the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, and if and when it goes into effect, it would constitute the broadest privacy law in the United States. Specific categories defined as personal information include.

GDPR 60

GDPR Privacy Sales Data breaches 60

Data Protection Report

MARCH 7, 2024

Demographic or contact data linked only to other demographic or contact data—such as a data set linking first and last names to residential street addresses, email addresses to first and last names, or customer loyalty membership records linking first and last names to phone numbers—would not constitute covered personal identifiers.

Access 59

Access Military Compliance Personal data 59

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to our November 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. Elsewhere, we assess data breaches at a cancer research facility and the US retailer Bed Bath & Beyond.

Phishing 119

Phishing Retail Data breaches Insurance 119

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Consumers will be permitted to request that a business provide the consumer with a copy of his or her personal information in a readily usable format that can be transferred to another entity easily; and. Consumers will be able to request that a business not sell personal data to third parties. Right to Opt-Out.

Privacy 58

Privacy Sales Education Compliance 58

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Consumers will be permitted to request that a business provide the consumer with a copy of his or her personal information in a readily usable format that can be transferred to another entity easily; and. Consumers will be able to request that a business not sell personal data to third parties. Right to Opt-Out.

Privacy 58

Privacy Sales Compliance Cybersecurity 58

Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

We want businesses to ensure that their customers and future customers have consented to having their personal data processed, but we also need to ensure that the enormous potential for new data rights and freedoms does not open us up to new threats. How then will we secure adequacy without adhering to the charter?

GDPR 120

GDPR Personal data Government IT 120

Data Matters

MARCH 4, 2021

Rather, to be covered by the VCDPA, an entity must either “(i) during a calendar year, control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers or (ii) control or process personal data of at least 25,000 consumers and derive over 50 percent of gross revenue from the sale of personal data.”. Exemptions.

Personal data 74

Personal data GDPR Sales Privacy 74

John Battelle's Searchblog

JULY 22, 2018

No, this post is about the business of health insurance. Last week ProPublica published a story titled Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates. It’s the second in an ongoing series the investigative unit is doing on the role of data in healthcare.

Insurance 80

Insurance Personal data Education Government 80