Data Protection Report

JUNE 1, 2020

There are two ways that a purchaser may try to benefit from a distressed business’ customer list: 1) by buying the share capital of the company (a share sale); and 2) by buying the customer list as a standalone asset (an asset sale). Share sales. Asset sales. Can this be done? It depends.

Personal data 100

Personal data Sales Marketing GDPR 100

IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Rather than dropping ransomware on victims’ machines and hoping they would pay to regain access to their files, cyber criminals were increasingly cutting out the middle man and infecting victims’ machines with software that used their spare processing power to mine for cryptocurrency.

Data breaches 71

Data breaches Personal data Access GDPR 71

Brandeis Records Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Mine has been a positive one, and I thank the ICRM for supporting the opportunity for measurable, professional validation. While vague vendor Web language was nothing new to us, this immersive exercise left us astounded by just how hollow and unclear much of the vendor promotional language is. They were for me. It’s almost ubiquitous.

Records Management 49

Records Management B2B Compliance Mining 49

Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

MARCH 5, 2018

Note: throughout this blog, when I use the term “artificial intelligence,” I mean that to include other advanced analytics such as deep learning, machine learning (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement), data mining, predictive analytics, and statistics (see Figure 1). The results of this exercise might look like Figure 7.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Analytics Big data Mining 111

Troy Hunt

JULY 2, 2020

Project Svalbard (the sale of HIBP which ultimately turned out to be a no-sale ) was a huge part of that and it was all happening whilst still being solely responsible for running the project. The thing that perhaps surprised me most about those discussions with friends was how much their own stories resonated with mine.

Sales 141

Sales Mining IT Cloud 141

Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

MARCH 5, 2018

Note: throughout this blog, when I use the term “artificial intelligence,” I mean that to include other advanced analytics such as deep learning, machine learning (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement), data mining, predictive analytics, and statistics (see Figure 1). The results of this exercise might look like Figure 7.

Artificial Intelligence 40

Artificial Intelligence Analytics Mining Big data 40

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

million Gumtree user records allegedly for sale A user database from the classified advertising platform Gumtree has allegedly been offered for sale on a hacking forum. At the time of writing, it’s unclear whether this is related to a 2023 data breach suffered by the company, as discussed by Have I Been Pwned’s Troy Hunt last March.

Data Privacy 88

Data Privacy Privacy Insurance Security 88