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UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach

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The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel chain Marriott International faces a £99 million ($123 million) fines under GDPR over 2014 data breach.

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VPNpro research: this Chinese-linked company secretly owns 10 VPNs with 86 million installs

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Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Innovative Connecting VPNs products.

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UK ICO fines hotel chain giant Marriott over data breach

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. “The ICO’s investigation found that there were failures by Marriott to put appropriate technical or organisational measures in place to protect the personal data being processed on its systems, as required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).” Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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IT Governance Podcast 08.09.23: Electoral Commission (again), Meta, Pôle emploi

IT Governance

This week, we discuss security issues at the Electoral Commission, Meta’s appeal against daily GDPR fines, and a breach affecting 10 million users of the French unemployment agency Pôle emploi. IT Governance has been a certification body for the scheme since 2014, when it was launched.

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Three Italian universities hacked by LulzSec_ITA collective

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The hacktivists claim that once hacked the universities did not disclose the data breach and attempted to hide the incident, violating the European Privacy Law GDPR. GDPR #LulzSecITA #Università #Hacked — LulzSecITA (@LulzSec_ITA) February 10, 2020. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Italian Garante Publishes Updated Guidelines on Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Hunton Privacy

Laura Liguori of Portolano Cavallo reports that on June 10, 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority ( Garante or “DPA”) adopted a new version of its guidelines for cookies and other tracking mechanisms (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines make major changes to guidance previously provided by the Garante.

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Enel Group suffered the second ransomware attack this year

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The Italian cyber security firm TG soft publicly shared the news of the attack in a tweet: 2020-10-27 #Enel colpita di nuovo da #ransomware. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.