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European Parliament Adopts Position on Data Breach Notification Requirement for Telecoms and ISPs

Hunton Privacy

On May 6, 2009, the proposed amendments to the e-Privacy Directive received a second reading in the European Parliament. In addition to other measures, it will include a definition of “personal data breach” and will introduce a data breach notification requirement.

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New EU Fundamental Rights Commissioner Reveals Privacy and Data Protection Priorities in the European Union

Hunton Privacy

On January 12, 2010, Ms. Reding revealed her priorities in the field of privacy and data protection. Fundamental rights and data protection will be top of the line” said Ms. During this hearing, Ms.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. million payment cards and 1.2

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EUROPE: ECJ and responsibility for personal data processing on Facebook fan pages

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

In June 2018 the European Court of Justice’s Grand Chamber decided [1] on a long awaited case [2] regarding the responsibility of the administrators of Facebook fan pages, relating to the personal data of visitors to fan pages. 131/12, Google Spain SL, Google Inc. 5] [link]. [6] 6] See case C? 5] [link]. [6] 6] See case C?131/12,

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

Relatively recent advances in technology — smartphones and social media, in particular — have allowed businesses to collect, store, and find ways to monetize far more personal data than ever before. 12 In other words, the 1983 amendment was seen as limiting the depth rather than the breadth of discovery.13.

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The Year Targeted Phishing Went Mainstream

Krebs on Security

A story published here on July 12 about a new sextortion-based phishing scheme that invokes a real password used by each recipient has become the most-read piece on KrebsOnSecurity since this site launched in 2009. And with good reason — sex sells (the second most-read piece here was my 2015 scoop about the Ashley Madison hack ).

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