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Virginia’s new Consumer Data Protection Act

Data Protection Report

institution of higher education. Importantly, note the new law’s definition of consumer : “a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

million OpenSea records for sale on hacking forum A cyber criminal known as ‘bossmoves90004’ claims to have exfiltrated 6.9 million data records from the NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace OpenSea, which they have offered for sale on a hacking forum. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data.

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

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

This page will enable consumers to exercise the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. If the consumer opts-out, the business must wait at least 12 months from the date the consumer opts-out before requesting the consumer authorize the sale of his or her personal data. Exemptions. Code § 56.05(j).

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Millions of Pure Incubation Ventures records listed on hacking forum 183,754,481 records apparently belonging to the venture capital and private equity group Pure Incubation Ventures have been listed for sale on a hacking forum. The claim is yet to be verified.

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Digging the recently leaked Chinese Communist Party database

Security Affairs

This database includes the members’ name, sex, ethnicity, hometown, organization, ID number, address, mobile number, landline, and education. It was first offered for sale on November 4, 2018 on DeepMix market, which is considered as one of the largest and most well-known Chinese Darknet markets.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached

IT Governance

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