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Flaw in WordPress ThemeGrill Demo Importer WordPress theme plugin expose 200K+ sites to hack

Security Affairs

11-02-2020 – Second attempt to reach out to the developer. 2020 – A stored cross-site vulnerability in the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin that could potentially impact 700K users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. 06-02-2020 – Reported the issue to the developer of the plugin.

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CJEU’s Judgment on Validity of EU Standard Contractual Clauses Due July 16, 2020

Hunton Privacy

The case stems from a complaint filed by privacy advocate Max Schrems with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (“Irish DPA”) in 2015, challenging Facebook Ireland’s use of the SCCs to transfer personal data to Facebook Inc. At present, most businesses are preparing to use SCCs for these transfers. Background to Schrems II. in the U.S.

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BREAKING: Unexpected Outcome of Schrems II Case: CJEU Invalidates EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework but Standard Contractual Clauses Remain Valid

Hunton Privacy

The case concerns Max Schrems, an Austrian privacy advocate, who filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (the “Irish DPA”) in 2015, challenging Facebook Ireland’s reliance on the SCCs as a legal basis for transferring personal data to Facebook Inc. in the U.S. Facebook turned to SCCs after the CJEU invalidated the U.S.-

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 264

Security Affairs

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. SecurityAffairs – newsletter, hacking).

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SCHREMS 2.0 – the demise of Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield?

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

If this happens, many organisations will be left without any practical solution to legitimise the international transfer of personal data outside the EEA and exposure to the threat of GDPR revenue based fines, regulatory sanctions including injunctions and third party claims for compensation. Why are SCCs and Privacy Shield important?

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Hacking eCommerce sites based on OXID eShop by chaining 2 flaws

Security Affairs

Below the timeline for the flaws: Date Event 11/Dec/2017 Reported a SQL Injection in OXID 4.10.6 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Marriott, GDPR). Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs –.

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UK: Supreme Court judgment in Morrisons – employer not vicariously liable for data breach

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Mr Skelton has been convicted of various criminal offences and, in July 2015, received a custodial sentence. The court declined to specifically consider the General Data Protection Regulation, (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”). 2 Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc [2016] UKSC 11; [2016] AC 677. Implications for employers.