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Cyber-insurance – 72 hours for the insured party to file a criminal complaint: GDPR’s false friend

Data Protection Report

2] In this context, the Directorate General of the French Treasury has put forward a plan of action with a view to clarifying the cyber-insurance legal framework, better gauging cyber-risks, and enhancing companies’ awareness as regards cyber-risks. 12-10-1 into the French Insurance code. However, in the end, Article L.12-10-1

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Is Artificial Intelligence relevant to insurance?

IBM Big Data Hub

That ground-shaking event divided the world with excitement and trepidation about a future with thinking machines. In this first of two posts, I investigate the anatomy of artificial intelligence and its impact on insurance. It offers customers and the insurer’s system to interact in a human-like manner.

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Top 8 Cyber Insurance Companies for 2022

eSecurity Planet

That’s where cyber insurance may be able to help. According to the Ponemon Institute and IBM, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.24 If your company has not already experienced a significant cybersecurity event, it is probably only a matter of time before it does. Cyber Insurance is Booming. That’s a 29.1%

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CJEU Rules on Processing of Sensitive Data and Compensation Under the GDPR

Hunton Privacy

Background The case related to the processing of an incapacitated employee’s personal data, including health data, by the medical service provider (“MDK”) of a health insurance fund in Germany. Under applicable law, the MDK draws up reports on the capacity of individuals insured by the health insurance fund to work.

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Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Checklist for Getting Cyber Insurance Coverage. The necessity for cyber-insurance coverage. With cyber attacks amounting to a question of when and not if, cyber insurance becomes crucial for ensuring business continuity and mitigating the business impact of attacks – should they occur. Tue, 05/10/2022 - 05:43.

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NYDFS Imposes Fine of $5 Million on Carnival for Cybersecurity Breaches

Hunton Privacy

(“Carnival”), the world’s largest cruise-ship operator, for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) in connection with four cybersecurity events between 2019 and 2021, including two ransomware events. . NYDFS also found that Carnival had failed to implement basic protocols to prevent data breaches.

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The Taxman Cometh for ID Theft Victims

Krebs on Security

The unprecedented volume of unemployment insurance fraud witnessed in 2020 hasn’t abated, although news coverage of the issue has largely been pushed off the front pages by other events. The scammers typically use stolen identity data to claim benefits, and then have the funds credited to an online account that they control.

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