Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

The exercises aimed at testing and ensuring the integrity and the security of Russia’s Internet infrastructure, so-called RuNet. “According to Sokolov, several scenarios were worked out during the exercises. Currently, among the 12 organizations that oversee DNS base servers worldwide there isn’t an entity in Russia.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. Equifax issued its financial report for the first quarter of 2018, revealing that its huge 2017 data breach had so far cost it $242.7

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

The website offers any kind of fitness articles, exercises, workouts, and supplements. The company confirmed it has no evidence that personal customer information was accessed or misused, as a precautionary measure the company is notifying all current and former users and customers. Review your accounts for suspicious activity.

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IT Governance

MAY 30, 2019

That’s been the reaction of many law enforcement bodies that have recently learned about their compliance requirements under the DPA (Data Protection Act) 2018. The DPA 2018 includes a framework designed specifically for the processing of personal data for law enforcement purposes. Learn more with our webinar.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The guidance, which sits alongside the ICO’s Regulatory Action Policy , covers the ICO’s range of enforcement powers, but of most interest is the section on how the ICO will calculate fines under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Assessment of economic impact .

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 18, 2017

For a short time, we are offering a 10% discount on GDPR courses in Belfast, so book your place before Friday 5 January 2018. Special categories of personal data. The rights of data subjects, including data access requests. Data protection by design. Securing personal data. Was: £495.00.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 21, 2019

On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance [1] finalizing, at the legislative level [2] , the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation [3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680 [4]. Article 32 of the French Law No.

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Data Protection Report

APRIL 12, 2019

UFC asked the judges to declare Google’s policies unlawful and abusive, on the grounds that they did not respect consumers’ privacy and personal data. Accordingly, the judges ruled that such personal data constituted goods from which Google derived an economic benefit in return for the service provided to users.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 1, 2018

On May 30, 2018, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”), replacing the Article 29 Working Party , published the final version of Guidelines 2/2018 on derogations in the context of international data transfers and draft Guidelines 1/2018 on certification under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). .

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

This week, we discuss a Bank of England cyber resilience exercise, the latest cyber security news from the US Office of Personnel Management, the highlights of this month’s Patch Tuesday, and a surprising admission by a Japanese cyber security minister. The ones that affected the unencrypted personal data of 4.2

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 28, 2019

The Belgian House of Representatives was due to appoint its directors and members by May 25 th 2018. For this reason, it was decided that the members of the former Belgian Privacy Commission would perform the tasks and exercise the power of the BDPA on an interim basis during this transitional period.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 29, 2018

On June 28, 2018, the Governor of California signed AB 375 , the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “Act”). The Act introduces key privacy requirements for businesses, and was passed quickly by California lawmakers in an effort to remove a ballot initiative of the same name from the November 6, 2018, statewide ballot.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 24, 2019

This is the first decision rendered by the CNIL under GDPR and the largest penalty pronounced by a EU data protection supervisory authority against a company for violating GDPR. Both organizations were regrouping the claims of 9974 data subjects. For more information on those complaints, please read our previous post ; and.

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Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). Third parties that purchase a consumer’s personal information are not allowed to sell it to other third parties or disclose that information without complying with these provisions of AB 375. Right to Know.

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Data Protection Report

MARCH 5, 2018

On February 12, 2018, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) published guidance regarding Article 49 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for public comment. The deadline for submitting comments on the draft is March 26, 2018, and responses should be emailed to JUST-ARTICLE29WP-SEC@ec.europa.eu. the U.S.);

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Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB 375). Third parties that purchase a consumer’s personal information are not allowed to sell it to other third parties or disclose that information without complying with these provisions of AB 375. Right to Know.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The application of the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) to employee data has been the subject of much debate since the first version of the bill was introduced on June 21, 2018 (just days prior to its enactment on June 28). Under a plain language reading of the CCPA, the law likely applies to employee data.

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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. It was recently signed into law by the governor.

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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. It was recently signed into law by the governor.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 29, 2018

On June 28, 2018, California lawmakers enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”) a sweeping, GDPR-like privacy law which is intended to give California consumers more control over how businesses collect and use their data. Consumer access and data portability rights. Prohibited practices.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 29, 2018

On June 28, 2018, California lawmakers enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”) a sweeping, GDPR-like privacy law which is intended to give California consumers more control over how businesses collect and use their data. Consumer Access and Data Portability Rights. Prohibited Practices.

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Data Matters

MARCH 10, 2021

Unlike the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), the ePrivacy legal framework applies only to electronic communications data — which may include both personal and non-personal data and is in that respect broader in scope than the GDPR.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 10, 2020

In particular, the Report revealed that: The CNIL received 14,137 complaints in 2019, which represents a 27 percent increase in complaints compared with 2018 and a 79 percent increase in five years. On March 12, 2020, the CNIL released its annual inspection strategy for 2020. percent of complaints). Formal notices are not sanctions.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 13, 2018

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]

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

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

We want businesses to ensure that their customers and future customers have consented to having their personal data processed, but we also need to ensure that the enormous potential for new data rights and freedoms does not open us up to new threats. This is “Hamlet” without the prince.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

On September 2, 2021, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) announced a fine of €225 million ($266 million) against WhatsApp Ireland Ltd (“WhatsApp”) for failure to meet the transparency requirements of Articles 12-14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The EU GDPR prohibits the transfer of personal data to a country outside the European Economic Area ( EEA ) (otherwise known as a third country ) that is not considered to provide an ‘adequate level’ of data protection by the EC unless ‘appropriate safeguards’ are implemented (e.g., consent of the data subject).

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 3, 2023

” Anyone can type in an email address into the site to check if their personal data has been compromised in a security breach. Back in 2018, Gizmodo reckoned HIBP was one of the top 100 websites that shaped the internet as we knew it , alongside the likes of Wikipedia, Google, Amazon and Goatse (don't Google it).

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 17, 2018

On July 17, 2018, the European Union and Japan successfully concluded negotiations on a reciprocal finding of an adequate level of data protection, thereby agreeing to recognize each other’s data protection systems as “equivalent.” Privacy Shield)—which allow personal data to flow safely from the EU to these countries.

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Data Matters

MAY 31, 2019

Data Breaches and Enforcement Action. Perhaps of most interest has been how the data protection authorities (“ DPAs ”) would exercise their expanded enforcement powers under the GDPR. A draft of this guidance was published in November 2018 (which Data Matters reported here ).

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 18, 2020

And even after the final regulations are approved by OAL, Appendix E to the Final Statement of Reasons states: To the extent that the regulations require incremental compliance, the OAG may exercise prosecutorial discretion if warranted, depending on the particular facts at issue.

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