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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Relatedly, PIPL outlines some categories of sensitive information that do not receive additional protection under GDPR. Also, health and financial data, among other categories of more sensitive data, is often treated as a more protected category of data under general data-privacy laws – subject to stricter protection requirements.

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ICO issue fine of £4.4 to Interserve for security failings

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The databases also held special category personal data including ethnic origin; religion; details of disabilities; sexual orientation, and health information relevant to ill-heath retirement applications. On the face of it, this is a sizeable fine issued to a non household name controller for perceived failings in information security.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

The growing volume and severity of cyber-attacks directed against public companies has caught the attention of federal regulators and investors. More and more, directors are viewing cyber-risk under the broader umbrella of corporate strategy and searching for ways to help mitigate that risk.