IG Guru

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The post Hackers Are Selling Hacked Police Emails to Try to Grab Personal Data From TikTok, Facebook via 404 first appeared on IG GURU. Check out the article here.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2023

A Dutch hacker who was arrested at the end of last year claims to have stolen the personal data of almost all Austrians. At the end of November 2022, the Amsterdam police arrested a 25-year-old man from Almere who is suspected of having stolen or traded the personal data of tens of millions of people around the world.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Consent Requirement for Collection of Personal Information. In other words, unauthorized parties cannot collect the personal information of data subjects without their consent for the purposes of prevention and control of epidemics and disease. Scope of Collection of Personal Information.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 15, 2021

On December 16, 2020, the Committee of Experts within India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) (the “Committee”) issued a revised report on the Non-Personal Data Governance Framework (the “NPDF”) for India (the “Revised Committee Report”).

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 30, 2019

On May 27, 2019, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2019) (the “PDPA”), which was passed by the National Legislative Assembly on February 28, 2019, was finally published in the Government Gazette, and thus became effective on May 28, 2019. View our previous post detailing the provisions of the PDPA.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 12, 2021

On April 8, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted comments in response to the Ministry of Public Security (“MPS”) of Vietnam’s Draft Decree on Personal Data Protection (“Draft Decree”).

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 26, 2023

The Guidance sits alongside the ICO’s recommendation that organisations should, if they haven’t already, start using PETs to share personal data safely, securely and anonymously. The Guidance clarifies that there is no definition of PETs within data protection law and that the concept covers various technologies and techniques.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2021

The post Personal Data and docs of Swiss town Rolle available on the dark web appeared first on Security Affairs. The group recently made the headlines because it is one of the ransomware gangs that are actively exploiting Windows print spooler PrintNightmare vulnerability in their attacks against Windows servers.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As the risk of suffering a data breach continues to increase, information security has become a critical issue for all organisations – especially as the GDPR prescribes large administrative fines for organisations that fail to appropriately secure the personal data they process. Price: £9.95.

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IT Governance

MARCH 6, 2019

Yes, most information security experts will be able to explain what confidentiality, integrity and availability mean, but other terms, like ‘risk’, are surprisingly vague. There’s a good reason for this: information security best practice is constantly evolving, meaning any advice listed in the Regulation could soon be out of date.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 10, 2018

An ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) report has found that 45% of customers don’t trust organisations with their personal data. This is hardly surprising, given the constant news stories about cyber attacks and organisations mishandling personal data. And this only covers stories that made national news.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2020

A database allegedly belonging to Ariix Italia was exposed online on an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, it includes 30,000+ Italian sales agents’ personal data. SecurityAffairs – Ariix Italia, Data Leak). The post 30,000+ Italian sales agents’ personal data, IDs leaked by Ariix Italia appeared first on Security Affairs.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 9, 2018

You often see people use the terms ‘ cyber security ’ and ‘ information security ’ interchangeably. That’s because, in their most basic forms, they refer to the same thing: the integrity and confidentiality of information. Information security. There are two sub-categories of information security.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 8, 2018

On May 1, 2018, the Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification (the “Specification”) went into effect in China. For this reason, the Specification should be taken seriously as a best practice in personal data protection in China, and should be complied with where feasible.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 30, 2020

The Bundeskartellamt stated that such data combination should be subject to users’ voluntary consent. The BGH decision reveals the interplay between the collection of personal data and competition law.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

CyberNews reported the discovery of an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket containing users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data. The post New Zealand property management company leaks 30,000 users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2021

The post Over 80 US Municipalities’ Sensitive Information, Including Resident’s Personal Data, Left Vulnerable in Massive Data Breach appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, US municipalities).

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 17, 2019

Bounty, which provides new and expectant mothers with information and offers for products and services, collects personal data online, via an app, and offline through hard copy cards. The company also offered a data broking service. In all, 39 companies received personal data from Bounty.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 15, 2016

On December 30, 2015, Taiwan’s Office of the President issued an order to promulgate certain amendments (the “Amendments”) to Taiwan’s Personal Data Protection Law (the “PDPL”). In addition, the Amendments require that “special personal data” be collected, processed or used with the written consent of the data subject.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2020

Further analysis of the URLs revealed that a short link takes a victim to another URL which already demonstrates their personal data, such as the phone number, first or/and last name, and sometimes an email address, and used for redirects to fake websites masquerading as a local media outlet. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

With issues around the collection and handling of personal data becoming the focus of increased scrutiny among regulators, policymakers, and consumers, interest has continued to grow among organizations to better understand and address privacy risk. The post NIST Releases Version 1.0

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

(“Blackbaud”) in connection with alleged security failures that resulted in a breach of the company’s network and access to the personal data of millions of consumers.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Cyber attacks are the most reported form of data breach, but malicious insiders and employee negligence pose a significant risk – and in some industries, they are the biggest risk. Some attacks, such as phishing campaigns, are typically designed to steal personal data. Cyber attack.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

On January 28, 2015, the Brazilian government issued the Preliminary Draft Bill for the Protection of Personal Data ( Anteprojeto de Lei para a Proteção de Dados Pessoais ) on a website specifically created for public debate on the draft bill. Prohibition on processing sensitive personal data, except in limited circumstances.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

A DPIA requires a thorough review of any personal data collected and stored, including who specifically controls the data and who has access at any given time. Paths to compliance.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 26, 2018

On January 25, 2018, the Standardization Administration of China published the full text of the Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification (the “Specification”). The use of personal information must not go beyond the purpose stated when collecting it.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 12, 2016

On May 12, 2016, the Advocate General (“AG”) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued an opinion stating that Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses are personal data and data protection law should apply to IP addresses.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The WP29 is a collective of EU data privacy supervisory authorities (“ DPAs ”). The WP29 guidance regarding personal data breaches has been long awaited. ransomware attack that encrypts the sole copy of relevant personal data); or (iii) unauthorized or accidental alteration of personal data.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 5, 2020

On March 4, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) fined the international airline Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Cathay Pacific”) £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 2, 2014

aw Komorowski signed into law a bill that was passed by Polish Parliament on November 7, 2014, which amends, among other laws, certain provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act 1997. An ABI is similar to a data protection officer but an ABI has narrower responsibilities that predominantly concern data security.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Expert tips from Alan Calder Alan is the Group CEO of GRC International Group PLC, the parent company of IT Governance, and is an acknowledged international security guru. If you’re transparent about what you’re doing with people’s data, you’re less likely to be challenged about your overall compliance and compliance strategy.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Scientists at NTT Research are working on an advanced type of cryptography that enables businesses to perform aggregate data analysis on user data — without infringing upon individual privacy rights. Rising data privacy regulations underscores the need for such a capability, Boyle told me.

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Data Protection Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

On 29 December 2017 the Standardization Administration of China issued an Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification ?GB/T In this blog post we address the key requirements of the Specification in relation to collecting personal data from either employees or third parties.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In support of that claim, the affected individual argued that they had suffered non-material damage as a result of a personal data breach caused by the Agency’s failure to fulfill its obligations under, inter alia, Articles 5(1)(f), 24 and 32 of the GDPR.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2024

The data acquired by the intelligence agency can reveal the websites visited by the US citizens and what apps they use. Wyden called on the US government to order intelligence agencies to stop buying personal data from Americans that has been obtained illegally by data brokers.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

On September 20, 2022, Indonesia’s parliament ratified the Personal Data Protection Act (the “Act”). The Act is the first comprehensive data protection law to be enacted in Indonesia and will come into effect on a date set by the Minister of State Secretariat. Read the law (in Indonesian).

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The first question was whether or not IP addresses constitute personal data and therefore cannot be stored beyond what is necessary to provide an Internet service. The CJEU may follow its 2011 decision in which it confirmed that IP addresses are personal data.

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