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Virginia’s new Consumer Data Protection Act

Data Protection Report

Importantly, note the new law’s definition of consumer : “a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context. Such data security practices shall be appropriate to the volume and nature of the personal data at issue.”.

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The Belgian Data Protection Authority Publishes Recommendation Concerning Data Processing for Direct Marketing Purposes

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

The Recommendation provides a methodology on how to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when conducting direct marketing. The Recommendation applies to all kinds of promotions, including sales and advertising, and is not limited to promotions of a commercial nature. Necessity for Data Minimisation.

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Encryption – A Feasible Savior against Prevalent Privacy Issues in Business Communication

Security Affairs

The type of data that each email contains vary from sales objectives to product specs and even product patents. Surely, no business owner would ever want any unauthorized individual to get a sneak peek into their confidential data, let alone misuse it for nefarious purposes. Final Thoughts.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

Among other news: B&Q breached the personal data of 70,000 people who had been caught stealing products from its stores. million) fine with the US Federal Trade Commission after it was accused of illegally collecting minors’ personal data. Mumsnet disclosed a data breach affecting 4,000 people. million (£4.2

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Business of Data – issue 6

Information Matters

Banks’ business model and their experience give them a comparative advantage over other businesses to become our personal data guardians.Maybe the best-suited institutions to manage digital data are banks. In a sense, banks are already data guardians. Data aggregator leaks 9.3m million C-level and 3.8

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Consumers will be permitted to request that a business provide the consumer with a copy of his or her personal information in a readily usable format that can be transferred to another entity easily; and. Consumers will be able to request that a business not sell personal data to third parties. Right to Opt-Out. Exemptions.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Data breached: 6,935,412 individuals’ data. Data breached: 6.9