IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2019

If you think that charities might be shown lenience under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , you’re wrong. This is a lesson that the transgender advocacy charity Mermaids learned recently , after it accidentally made internal emails containing confidential client information available online. GDPR exemptions for charities.

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IT Governance

MAY 15, 2024

Physical access control, physical security monitoring, CCTV, and more When we hear the term ‘information security’ – or, for that matter, ‘ISO 27001’ – our thoughts usually turn straight to cyber security. However, physical security is also an important aspect of information and data security.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Recently, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted guidelines (the “Guidance”) on the meaning of consent under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The Guidance provides further detail on what is necessary to ensure that consent satisfies the requirements of the GDPR: Freely given.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

Examples : emails, social media posts, customer feedback, audio and video files, images, and documents. Semi-Structured Data: Semi-structured data lies between the structured and unstructured categories. It contains elements of both organized and unorganized data.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 21, 2018

What steps will the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) take to ensure organisations comply with the recently enforced GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)? The data included contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. Will non-complying organisations be fined? million users was compromised. The PCI DSS.

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Retail Data breaches GDPR Compliance 66

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The logs also included failed login attempts, storing usernames and passwords in plaintext, often email addresses, and of course, videos watched and rented by the users. Companies can be fined up to 4% of their annual turnover for GDPR violations.” The exposed data, in some cases, could match to real-world identities.

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