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UK Information Commissioner’s Office Fines Construction Company £4.4 Million for Breach of Security Obligations

Hunton Privacy

million fine to Interserve Group Limited for failing to keep employee personal data secure, which violates Article 5(1)(f) and Article 32 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), during the period of March 2019 to December 2020. On October 24, 2022, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) issued a £4.4

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in November 2022 – 32 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

As always, you can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, divided into their respective categories. Brazilian health insurance firm Fisco Saúde hit by cyber attack (unknown). Spain’s General Council of the Judiciary suffers cyber attack (550,000). Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Landi Renzo S.p.A.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 20 – 26 November 2023

IT Governance

This week, we’re taking a slightly different approach with the ‘publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks’ category, presenting the most interesting data points in a table format. The ‘enforcement’ and ‘other news’ categories remain unchanged. This should make it easier for you to quickly find the information you want.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in August 2022 – 97 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Meanwhile, the bastion of password security, LastPass, announced that its systems had been breached – although the organisation is confident that customers’ details remain secure. You can find the full list of incidents below, broken into their respective categories. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. Data breaches. Financial information.

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How to Develop an Incident Response Plan

eSecurity Planet

We make IT, security, or any business decision by weighing the risks and the rewards. What investments can we make to drive down costs or increase sales? Or as is often the case with security, what costs can we skip and still escape big penalties later? Dealing with an incident is a matter of “when and how bad,” not “if.” Yet, it can get worse.

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CCPA Marches On: California Attorney General Proposes Further Revisions to CCPA Regulations, Industry Pleads for Enforcement Delay Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Data Matters

On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General (“AG”) released the third turn of proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) regulations. Language from an earlier draft that prompted widespread use of granular charts to repeatedly reiterate information per category of personal information has not made a reappearance.

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