IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our November 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 95 security incidents throughout the month, accounting for 32,051,144 breached records. The first was a data breach at Twitter, in the latest PR disaster for the social media giant. Data breaches. Ransomware.

Data breaches 115

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Insurance 115

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Healthcare Data Privacy Laws.

Data Privacy 145

Data Privacy Compliance Privacy Security 145

IT Governance

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. We’re also introducing two new categories this week: ‘AI’ and ‘Key dates’. Data breached: personal data belonging to 14,690,284 individuals.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Manufacturing Privacy Energy and Utilities 52

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

During the week of October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law bills amending the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), California’s data breach notification law and California’s data security law. Genetic Data: California Data Breach Notification and Data Security Law Amendment Bill.

Privacy 98

Privacy Insurance Security Data breaches 98

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. We’ve also included more details on the top 3 biggest breaches of the week. The ‘enforcement’ and ‘other news’ categories remain unchanged. Breached records: 95,592,696.

Data Privacy 52

Data Privacy Privacy Energy and Utilities Data breaches 52

Data Matters

JULY 28, 2021

With the signing of the CPA, which will largely go into effect on July 1, 2023, Colorado became the third state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation following the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). After signing the CPA into law, Gov. ” Additionally, Gov. (a)

Privacy 88

Privacy Sales Personal data Compliance 88

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