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The Information Commissioner’s Office Issues UK Department for Education with Formal Reprimand

Hunton Privacy

On November 2, 2022, the ICO issued to the UK Department for Education (“ DfE ”) a formal reprimand following an investigation into the sharing of personal data stored on the Learning Records Service (“ LRS ”), a database which provides a record of pupils’ qualifications that the DfE has overall responsibility for.

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Sharenting, BYOD and Kids Online: 10 Digital Tips for Modern Day Parents

Troy Hunt

Having just gone through the BYOD process with my 10-year old son at school (and witnessing the confusion and disinformation from parents and teachers alike), now seemed like a good time to outline some fundamentals whilst sitting on a plane heading down to Sydney to do some adult-related cyber things! That's right up a 10-year old's alley!

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Spanish Senate signs-off new GDPR-compliant Data Protection Act

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

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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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. The ballot initiative largely mirrored what is now the language in the CCPA.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. The ballot initiative largely mirrored what is now the language in the CCPA.

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Tackling mutant daisies and fake Melanias

CILIP

it is down to educators. with healthcare, education etc.), Peter and Robin devised exercises for students to write their own checklists on how to spot fake news. There were excellent examples of practical exercises where students could clearly see the benefits of using a newspaper database like Factiva compared to Google.

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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

The 2018 VPNFilter attack was responsible for multiple large-scale attacks that targeted devices in Ukraine. New VPNFilter malware targets at least 500K networking devices worldwide , Talos (May 23, 2018). Separating the Truths from the Myths in Cybersecurity , Ponemon Institute (June 2018). out of 10. A month prior, U.S.