The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

We’re just a month and change into the new year, and already there have been two notable developments underscoring the fact that some big privacy and civil liberties questions need to be addressed before continuing the wide-scale deployment of advanced facial recognition systems. It’s a healthy thing that a captain of industry can see this.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2023

” The written notice goes on to say UPS believes the data exposure “affected packages for a small group of shippers and some of their customers from February 1, 2022 to April 24, 2023.” “It was more or less the same day. . ”

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce Matthew Starr and Giovanna Carloni have joined CIPL, adding to its expertise in global privacy and data protection policy. Matthew Starr joins CIPL as Global Privacy and Public Policy Manager.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

Customer authentication For the past 15 years, e-commerce has increased as a percentage of all retail sales. In 2019 the Web Payments Working Group began work on Secure Payment Confirmation to help fulfill Strong Customer Authentication requirements with low checkout friction.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Users can collaborate with peers to validate threats and develop response plans using private groups and shared collections, and strengthen their existing security solutions with threat intelligence delivered through open standards,” said Sam Dillingham, Senior Offering Manager, IBM Security.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 10, 2022

Alex Holden , founder of the Milwaukee-based cybersecurity consultancy Hold Security , said many threat actors will scrub their distribution lists of any aliases because there is a perception that these users are more security- and privacy-focused than normal users, and are thus more likely to report spam to their aliased addresses.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Carrefour France and Carrefour Banque are both affiliates of the French retail group, the Carrefour Group. The group has diversified its activities into the banking and insurance, travel agency and e-commerce sectors. The CNIL carried out online inspections on the carrefour.fr and carrefour-banque.fr

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

1. NAIC to Develop New Privacy Model Law. The NAIC approved the request of the Privacy Protections (H) Working Group (Privacy Working Group) to draft a new model law to enhance consumer protections and specify the corresponding obligations of licensed entities.

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IT Governance

JUNE 30, 2022

million) Brazilian retailer Fast Shop confirms cyber attack (unknown) ADM Associates announces security incident (unknown) Guardian Fueling Technologies has been hacked (unknown) Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks. hit by cyber criminals (unknown) Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Related: Centralizing control of digital certificates I had the chance to sit down with Deepika Chauhan , DigiCert’s Chief Product Officer, and Mike Cavanagh , Oracle’s Group Vice President, ISV Cloud for North America. They’re all becoming increasingly dependent on hyperconnectivity.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

A cyberattack crippled the IT infrastructure of the City of Saint John Hundreds of female sports stars and celebrities have their naked photos and videos leaked online Romanians arrested for running underground malware services Threat actor shared a list of 49,577 IPs vulnerable Fortinet VPNs Computer Security and Data Privacy, the perfect alliance (..)

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2018

Claire McCaskill by Russian intelligency agency hackers, as she runs for re-election, underscores the need for each individual and organization to take online privacy and security as a core part of our everyday lives. They built a very robust group of committed cybersecurity professionals in their own businesses.

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IT Governance

APRIL 1, 2021

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 19, 2020

They can be an individual or a group, but as long as they have the authority to decide how and why information should be processed, they are a data controller. Say, for example, that you are a marketing executive at a retailer who wants to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. Privacy as a Service.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2019

Related: Free ‘VRMM’ tool measures third-party exposure Just take a look at Europe’s GDPR , NYDFS’s cybersecurity requirement s or even California’s newly minted Consumer Privacy Act. You also have different perspectives; you’ve got privacy concerns, security concerns, business continuity concerns.”

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s landmark data privacy law, took effect in 2018. A data controller is any organization, group, or person that collects personal data and determines how it is used. Think: an online retailer that stores customers’ email addresses to send order updates.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Consumer privacy rights in California are well established. The California Constitution expressly grants California citizens a right to privacy. The International Association of Privacy Professionals estimates at least 500,000 U.S. The ballot initiative largely mirrored what is now the language in the CCPA.

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IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

discloses ransomware incident (unknown). discloses ransomware incident (unknown).

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Consumer privacy rights in California are well established. The California Constitution expressly grants California citizens a right to privacy. The International Association of Privacy Professionals estimates at least 500,000 U.S. The ballot initiative largely mirrored what is now the language in the CCPA.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

There’s even been growing evidence that data destruction could replace ransomware , as ransomware groups seek leverage to force victims to pay. It becomes increasingly likely that malware developed by nation-state actors could be picked up and reused by criminal groups and spread through the CaaS model. federal privacy statute.

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Interactive Information Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Mobile phones and devices also are publisher tools — curating and presenting content informed by your physical activities — though this is becoming more difficult with crackdowns on mobile identification for personal privacy purposes. Setting aside brick-and-mortar retail for a while more).

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2022

State Bar of Georgia investigating cyber attack (unknown) US Department of Defense tricked into paying $23.5 Financial information.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. Julie Conroy , research director at the market analyst firm Aite Group , said she initially hypothesized that companies with a regulatory mandate for strong cybersecurity controls (e.g.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

. “The alliance gave Google an unprecedented asset for measuring retail spending, part of the search giant’s strategy to fortify its primary business against onslaughts from Amazon.com Inc. The tool aims at tracking the conversion rate of online advertisements into real-world retail sales. and others.”

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Financial information. Widely-used DeFi protocol bZx loses $55 million in cyber attack (unknown) Evanston Township High School defrauded of $48,570 in hack (1,139) Hackers plant card-stealing malware on website that sells baron and duke titles (unknown) Costco discloses data breach after finding card skimmer at one of its stores (unknown).

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Collibra

APRIL 4, 2023

I took a course with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) , and became a Certified Information Privacy Professional. After I got the certification, I participated in many conferences about the topic, evangelizing the link between data privacy and protection and data governance all along the way.

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The Security Ledger

APRIL 27, 2021

Waiting for Federal Data Privacy Reform? Data lifted today from a health insurer, government agency or retailer often informs tomorrow’s targeted spear phishing attack that can steal sensitive intellectual property, redirect government secrets or fuel attacks on critical infrastructure. Don’t Hold Your Breath.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The second half of the year began with major data privacy news: the UK’s data protection authority, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), announced its intention to fine British Airways and Marriott International a combined £282.6 million at the time) fine for violating the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in February.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Annuity Suitability Working Group Drafting FAQ Document to Facilitate Uniformity in State Adoption of Revised Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation. NAIC Considers Comments to the Group Capital Calculation Template and Instructions and Related Revisions to the Insurance Holding Company Act . Revisions to Model 440.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

26 posting confirming that the compromise was at the hands of the same nation-state threat group behind the SolarWinds hack and subsequent attacks on various technology companies and federal government agencies. The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Much of the increase in demand and cost has been the result of the widely publicized hacks of the point-of-sale systems at large retailers, and the primary emphasis of most cyber policies is to address liability arising from such events. the need for cyber insurance protecting retailers against point-of-sale malware should sharply drop.

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Data Protection Report

MAY 17, 2019

561, the “Attorney General amendment” to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). 3/20 – re-referred to Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. Clarifies non-discrimination provision to allow retail loyalty programs. On May 16, 2019, the California Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing that included S.B.

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Retail Privacy Insurance Manufacturing 40

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Last month the Radisson Hotel Group, a global player in the hospitality industry with more than 1,400 hotels in 114 countries, discovered that its rewards programme had been breached. The hotel group has confirmed that no payment card information, passwords or travel history were accessed. Countries of residence. Email addresses.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 11, 2013

As reported in BNA’s Privacy & Security Law Report , on December 14, 2012, a federal district court in California ruled that a retail store’s policy of collecting personal information only after providing customers with receipts does not violate the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (“Song-Beverly”). Devanlay Retail Group Inc. ,

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Retail Privacy IT Security 40

Hunton Privacy

JULY 27, 2012

On July 24, 2012, a bipartisan group of eight members of Congress sent letters to nine major data brokerage companies requesting information on how the companies collect, assemble and sell consumer information to third parties. The Caucus cannot call formal hearings, compel production of materials or pass legislation. consumer.”.

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Collibra

MAY 15, 2019

Speakers will hail from a variety of sectors, including financial services, utilities, telco, technology, retail, healthcare, and universities, providing deeper insights and perspectives on common data challenges shared across industries. DNB, Norway’s largest financial services group , will outline their data journey.

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Collibra

APRIL 1, 2021

Federated operating model: This is when there are multiple groups of authority. For example, “ personal privacy policy” is the name of an asset of type “policy” and “customer” is the name of an asset of type “business term.”. Role types are a group of permissions that can be assigned to a user or group.

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