IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

Now that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for over a year, you’ve likely become acquainted with the term ‘personal data’ But what exactly does personal data mean? What is personal data? What is sensitive personal data? A home address.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Six months since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into force, pseudonymisation and data encryption remain the only technology measures specifically mentioned in the famously technology-agnostic Regulation. But what exactly is meant by ‘pseudonymisation’ and ‘encryption’? What is encryption?

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. The data of these municipalities was stored in several misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets that were sharing similar naming conventions to MapsOnline. What’s Happening? Sensitive information redacted.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 15, 2019

On 22 August 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced the implementation of the Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data Regulation (????????????), (“the Regulation”) which came into force on 1 October 2019. In contrast with COPPA in the U.S., Consequences of the Regulation.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In both cases, the FTC’s complaint alleged that the companies retained personal data for longer than was necessary, and that conduct violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act as an unfair act or practice. According to paragraph 9 of the FTC complaint, Blackbaud did not encrypt database backup files.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Tutanota , the popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email software, has been blocked by Russian authorities. The popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email service Tutanota has been blocked in Russia on Friday evening. The Russian government could also ban IT companies that will not comply with the same law.

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Collibra

JUNE 23, 2023

Government agencies — from DC to Duluth, NYC to LA — are struggling. The ever-growing digitalization of our world has raised significant concerns about data privacy and security, particularly for agencies that manage and process sensitive and confidential information. There’s no going back. They must choose both.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

Related: What we’ve learned from the massive breach of Capitol At RSA 2020 , I learned about how one of the routine daily chores all large organizations perform — data governance — has started to emerge as something of a cybersecurity multiplier. A robust data archiving strategy puts data into tiers, Lahiri says.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Third Party Apps.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 25, 2020

But it’s an uphill battle due to a long history of secrecy and failures to live up to promises on security and privacy of Australians’ data. Location information (outside of postcode) isn’t retained. It doesn’t get uploaded to the onshore Amazon server unless you test positive.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

At issue was the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US through the use of Google Analytics. Cookies are only one of many ways to collect/transfer data, meaning Google Analytics and similar services can receive personal data through other means. www.website.com/pg1/?

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

These are just some examples of how organizations support data privacy , the principle that people should have control of their personal data, including who can see it, who can collect it, and how it can be used. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Privacy Shield framework (the Schrems II case (case C-311/18)) due to the level of access government authorities in the U.S. have to personal data and the fact that there is no remedy available to EU individuals to ensure protection of their personal data after transfer to the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

In its consent order , the Department noted that the cybersecurity events had caused the exposure of a substantial amount of sensitive personal data belonging to Carnival’s customers, including those residing in New York.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In particular, a company should pay attention to the following differences between PIPL and GDPR: Data localization. The law requires a controller to obtain standalone consent of data subjects under certain circumstances, for example, processing sensitive personal data and cross-border transfer of personal data.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that governs how organizations collect and use personal data. Any company operating in the EU or handling EU residents’ data must adhere to GDPR requirements. Schools, hospitals and government agencies all fall under GDPR authority.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Records breached: Unknown, but sensitive personal data was probably breached. BHI Energy Announces Data Breach Affecting Confidential Information of 91k Individuals Date of breach: 29 June 2023 (filed notice with the Attorney General of Maine on 18 October 2023). It’s unclear whether personal data has been breached.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

Ukrainian government attributes the recent attacks against tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151. The government of Kyiv attributes the defacement of tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151 , the Reuters agency reported in exclusive.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) coordinate the collaboration between the government and industry, running a human-centric campaign themed “See Yourself in Cyber”. Raising awareness is essential for everyone. Use strong passwords. Update software.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

Most of the recent ransomware attack resulted in data breaches for the victims, threat actors implemented a double-extortion schema threatening the victims to data stolen before encrypting them on compromised systems. The guidance aims at helping government and private sector organizations in preventing such kinds of incidents.

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IT Governance

JULY 29, 2019

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) restricts transfers of personal data to countries outside the EEA. A transfer is defined as restricted if: 1) The GDPR applies to your processing of the personal data you are transferring. Pseudonymisation and encryption. Originally published Jan 04, 2018.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 13, 2022

The setup of Google Analytics does not prevent the transfer of personal data outside the EU since all personal data collected via Google Analytics is hosted in the US. As an alternative, the CNIL recommends controllers to use a solution that does not transfer personal data outside the EU.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2024

That decision of adequacy provides in substance that there is an adequate level of protection—comparable to that in the EU—for personal data transferred from the EU to US companies that are participating in the DPF. However, European organizations need to dive with eyes wide open when transferring personal data to the US under the DPF.

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IT Governance

APRIL 16, 2021

Although this may appear to be a surface-level change, it means that data transfers to some organisations need to be reviewed, as both pieces of legislation require additional measures to secure personal data transfers to international organisations. Do you have appropriate security mechanisms for data transfers?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cross-Border Data Privacy and Security Concerns in the Dawn of Quantum Computing. New EU restrictions could force companies to change data transfer practices and adopt more advanced data encryption methods. The 2016 agreement enabled trans-Atlantic commercial data transfers, but the court said U.S. In the Dec.

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IT Governance

MARCH 17, 2022

According to the Irish DPC (Data Protection Commissioner) , which investigated the breaches, Meta failed to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect EU users’ personal data. Facebook’s failure to adopt these measures doesn’t necessarily mean that personal data was breached.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 24, 2022

On August 17, 2020, NOYB filed 101 identical complaints before 30 European Economic Area (“EEA”) data protection authorities regarding the use of Google Analytics and Facebook Connect by various companies. The complaints related to the question of whether transfers of EU personal data to Google and Facebook in the U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The exponential processing capability of a quantum computer is already being welcomed by governments and corporations. The quantum cybersecurity threat will increase data breaches of sensitive health and financial personal data, challenge the integrity of digital documents, and break certain cryptocurrency encryption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to have enacted laws relating to personal data protection. The PDP Draft Law is now sitting with the House of Representatives and other concerned government officials. General personal data v.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The GDPR puts forth a litany of rules for how organizations in and outside of Europe handle the personal data of EU residents. The details of any organization’s plan to become fully GDPR compliant will vary based on the data the organization collects and what it does with that data.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Ukrainian national faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in Zeus, IcedID malware schemes CISA: Cisco ASA/FTD bug CVE-2020-3259 exploited in ransomware attacks CISA adds Microsoft Exchange and Cisco ASA and FTD bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog US gov offers a reward of up to $10M for info on ALPHV/Blackcat gang leaders U.S.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

On 11 November, the European Data Protection Board ( EDPB ) published its much anticipated guidance on the Schrems II judgment. The Supplemental Measures Recommendations contain a six step road map that organisations should follow when considering the legality of their data transfers outside of the European Economic Area.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On 14 November 2022, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”) published two investigation reports for non-compliance of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”): EC Healthcare’s failure to obtain consent for the use, disclosure, and transfer of patient’s personal data across its group entities; and.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

million ransom to decrypt its files after being encrypted by the infamous Sodinokibi ransomware. “As part of this attack, the operators behind the Sodinokibi ransomware told BleepingComputer that they had encrypted the company’s entire network, deleted backup files, and copied more than 5GB of personal data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Shared responsibility is about controlling your own security – anything from data encryption to managing the encryption keys. However, when a breach happens and personal data is stolen or compromised, the legal responsibility is all theirs. This is called shared fate. Advantages of the Thales – Google partnership.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 24, 2024

Given the extraordinary scale of the data breach, it’s been dubbed the ‘MOAB’ (mother of all breaches). In total, 3,876 domain names were included in the exposed data set. In my research work for IT Governance, I’ve noticed a pattern where the same names repeatedly crop up. Presumably, this isn’t a coincidence?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 2, 2019

The EU recently adopted two key pieces of legislation designed to govern cybersecurity and privacy issues. The first piece of legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 1 , regulates data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA).

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