Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". 1 November 2017. Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. It confessed to another data leak in January 2017. Before the. Washington, DC 20515.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

On September 1, 2017, the FTC published the seventh blog post in its “Stick with Security” series. As we previously reported , the FTC will publish an entry every Friday for the next few months focusing on each of the 10 principles outlined in its Start with Security Guide for Businesses.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 3, 2017

On September 29, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission published the eleventh blog post in its “Stick with Security” series. As previously reported , the FTC will publish an entry every Friday for the next few months focusing on each of the 10 principles outlined in its Start with Security Guide for Businesses.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Law § 899-aa) differs from most states’ law in several ways including (1) using separate definitions of “personal information” and “private information;” and (2) providing factors to consider whether personal information had been acquired. by a person without valid authorization or by an unauthorized person.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2017

*This post originally appeared in Law 360 on October 24, 2017. We’ve seen it happen time and again. Yet despite having processes in place for managing cyberrisks and legal compliance, a recent study shows that many boards have low confidence in the effectiveness of their procedures.[7] 7] The lack of confidence, moreover, may be warranted.

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

In a bid to keep pace with advancements in the technological landscape, the Singapore Government has in recent months embarked on public consultations on its draft Cybersecurity Bill (the Cyber Bill) and its proposed amendments to Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to update the country’s data protection regime.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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. For example, in John B. 12 In other words, the 1983 amendment was seen as limiting the depth rather than the breadth of discovery.13.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 21, 2018

That harm extends all the way from those in data breaches feeling a sense of personal violation (that's certainly how I feel when I see my personal information exposed), all the way through to people literally killing themselves (there are many documented examples of this in the wake of the Ashley Madison breach).

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

What follows below is an edited version of the debate in the House of Lords of the Second Reading of the Data Protection Bill, held on 10 October. We welcome the Government’s proposal for an offence of knowingly or recklessly re-identifying de-identified personal data without the data controller’s consent.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. Right to Opt-Out. New Business Obligations.

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Collibra

AUGUST 4, 2020

Organizations are challenged every day to keep the personal data they hold safe across their entire ecosystem. They must also ensure that their partners, suppliers, and other third parties are also keeping the organization’s data safe. Consumers care about how data is used and misused.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the footsteps of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), California privacy advocates introduced a ballot initiative on October 12, 2017 called “The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018” (No. Right to Opt-Out. New Business Obligations.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Over the past month or so, we’ve been discussing the threats associated with payment card breaches, and why it’s important to comply with the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). Further reading: Why you should be concerned about payment card data breaches. million customers, as it first said, but 10 million.

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Information Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2018

UK consumers threaten data breach backlash – Computer Weekly, 5 December 2018. “Seven out of 10 UK consumers and two-thirds, on average, around the world would stop doing business with a brand that suffers a breach of users’ financial or personal data. ” [link]. Which of those skills gets the pedestal?”

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The Texas Record

MAY 7, 2018

Unsavory parties are stealing data, then turning around and attempting to blackmail companies and wealthy individuals into paying. Examples include Sony’s breach in 2014, which was financially (and potentially politically) motivated, with hackers threatening to release company secrets if Sony didn’t pay a ransom. [5] 2017, May 21).

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

clear text credentials from the "dark web" This data resulted in many totally overblown news stories (and contributed to my "dark web" FUD blog post last week), but it did serve as a useful reference for V2. This data also had a bunch of integrity problems which meant the actual number was somewhat less.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

However, some adware might harvest personal data or redirect web browsers to malicious websites. Although Creeper is the first known example of a worm, it is not actually malware. The attack is an early example of social engineering and phishing. Thus the first computer worm was born.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

citizens’ personal data being made available to the public, which has heightened awareness with government officials. For example, just last month Strava, a popular fitness navigation app, accidentally revealed the location of military bases in war zones worldwide potentially putting troops and U.S. national security at risk.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 19, 2017

This week, I started looking into a large database backup file which turned out to contain the personal data of a significant portion of the South African population. Who Am I and Why Do I Have This Data? — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) October 17, 2017. Who Else Has the Data? This post explains everything I know.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For example: It's also configured to route requests out over Tor and. Let's turn our attention back to our personal data being sold on the "dark web" though (back to air quotes) because that's what we're really here for. Many times, exposed data is literally just lying around on publicly facing services.

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