Data Breach Today

JULY 18, 2022

A new assessment framework aims to help patients, healthcare providers and others examine the various privacy, security and other risks of digital health technologies, says Tim Andrews of the nonprofit Organization for the Review of Care and Health Applications, which co-developed the framework.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Deal Follows Court Ruling That Cleared the 4-Year-Old Class Action Claim for Trial Google reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit that alleged the tech giant had misled consumers about their privacy protections when using the private browsing Incognito mode of its Chrome web browser.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

ByteDance-Owned App Fined for Violating Children's Privacy TikTok will pay Irish data privacy regulators 345 million euros to settle allegations it violated the privacy of underage users.

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MARCH 14, 2024

healthcare sector needs to closely watch government regulatory and legislative developments involving artificial intelligence, including the European Union AI Act, said Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Parliamentary Committee Heads Says In-Person Appearance Would be "Beneficial" The head TikTok has been summoned by European lawmakers from different parliamentary committees for an inquiry into its privacy practices.

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AIIM

MARCH 27, 2024

Data privacy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two of biggest issues in the information spaces today. However, despite the enormous amount of coverage they receive in the trade and general media, what is not yet well understood is how tightly intertwined they are, and how risky it can be to address them without a proper foundation.

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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 Breach Today

APRIL 4, 2023

Million Pounds A British government agency added to TikTok's reputational woes by finding it failed to protect children's privacy. Chinese-Owned App Will Pay 12.7 TikTok is playing defense in multiple Western countries against concerns it collects massive amounts of data it could use for surveillance or information operations.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 31, 2023

Proposed Class Action Filed in Breach Affecting Users of Medtronic MiniMed InPen Medical device maker Medtronic MiniMed violated patient privacy by using tracking and authentication technologies such as Google Analytics and Firebase in its InPen diabetes management app and services, according to a proposed federal class action lawsuit filed this week. (..)

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 26, 2023

New Bill Set to Penalize Disclosure of Data Protection Commission's Reprimands Irish Parliament has proposed changes to a new bill that would make it a criminal offense to disclose privacy reprimands issued by the Data Protection Commission.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 2, 2023

Shadow IT Incident: Health Staff Shared Images and Video Using Unauthorized Tool Shadow IT strikes again: Britain's privacy watchdog has reprimanded the NHS Lanarkshire health board in Scotland after finding its staff used WhatsApp for the unauthorized sharing of patient data and images as a workaround for in-person clinical discussions during the (..)

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Former FTC Consumer Protection Bureau Leader Daniel Kaufman Discusses Top Concerns As the Federal Trade Commission focuses on data brokers that collect and share consumers' sensitive information, any company that participates in those activities needs to carefully review its practices, says attorney Daniel Kaufman, former acting director of the FTC's (..)

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

He’s also an award-winning author, and has been involved in developing a wide range of information security and data privacy training courses, has consulted for clients across the globe, and is a regular media commentator and speaker. What challenges do you think we’ll see before the year ends?

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

million as part of a settlement agreement with California's attorney general, over accusations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act by failing to disclose that it was selling customers' data and not honoring their opt-out requests.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. The National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) announced earlier this year that they have expanded the Data Privacy Day campaign into Data Privacy Week , a full week-long initiative. Data privacy and security: a delicate balance. Here’s where privacy and security must balance.

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Data Matters

JUNE 11, 2021

On June 2, 2021, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed SB260 , a bill that will amend the state’s existing privacy notice legislation, NRS 603A.300 360 (“Existing NV Privacy Law”). Prior to SB260, the requirements imposed by the Existing NV Privacy Law were limited to “operators,” or entities that run online services.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Privacy Regulator in UK Cautions Organizations to Conduct Thorough Due Diligence Hotel giant Marriott has been hit with the second largest privacy fine in British history, after it failed to contain a massive, long-running data breach. s privacy watchdog, owing in part to COVID-19's ongoing impact. But the final fine of $23.8

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Million Fine for French Supermarket Giant Carrefour for Alleged GDPR Violations France's privacy regulator has hit retail giant Carrefour with a $3.7 million fine for violating privacy laws, including GDPR.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 26, 2021

Uber Must Tighten Data Handling, Regulator Says Australia's data regulator has found that Uber interfered with the privacy of 1.2 million of its customers as a result of a 2016 global data breach. Uber says it's made improvements to its systems and its internal security policies.

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Data Matters

MARCH 25, 2024

As the state boasting the headquarters of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, many have been watching the development of the New Hampshire comprehensive consumer data privacy law with great interest, wondering if it may be a practical model for the nation. The legislation will take effect on January 1, 2025.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Privacy never sleeps in California. In recent days and as California’s legislative session comes to a close, there have been a number of significant legislative and regulatory developments in the state, each of which will likely (again) change the privacy landscape in California and, by extension, the rest of the country.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 9, 2021

White House Asks FTC to Develop New Rules on Consumer Data Collection In his new executive order, President Biden asks the FTC to establish new rules over how tech firms can collect and use data from their customers, as a way to offer more privacy protections for U.S.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

Federal Trade Commission is the latest legal dispute spotlighting growing privacy concerns related to the tracking and collection of consumers' healthcare-related and location data. Analytics Firm Says FTC Is Overstepping Its Authority A lawsuit by an Idaho-based data marketing and analytics vendor against the U.S.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This week, we discuss the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties’s opinion of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, Twitter’s decision to disable free text-based 2FA, a series of attacks on GoDaddy’s infrastructure and the HardBit 2.0 The post IT Governance Podcast 2023-4: EU-US Data Privacy Framework, Twitter 2FA, GoDaddy, HardBit 2.0

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Data Breach Today

MAY 12, 2023

If enacted, it will address longstanding loopholes in healthcare privacy, said attorney Kathleen McGee. A recently proposed federal rule would prohibit healthcare organizations from disclosing to law enforcement patient information related to obtaining or providing an abortion.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The post IT Governance Podcast Episode 11: EU-US Data Privacy Framework, Ransomware & Cyber Detection appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Now available on Spotify , Amazon Music , Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

On February 28, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued its Opinion 5/2023 on the European Commission Draft Implementing Decision on the adequate protection of personal data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Opinion”). In the Opinion, the EDPB recognized substantial improvements in the proposed EU-U.S.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

An Investigation by Dutch DPC Found Tesla Cars Recorded People Illegally Automaker Tesla revised settings for its in-built cameras after a probe by the Dutch data privacy agency found its default settings enabled illegal recording and retention of data.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Includes New Breach Notification Requirements, Fines and Greater Regulatory Powers New Zealand's refreshed Privacy Act, which came into effect Tuesday, introduces breach notification requirements and civil penalties. It also holds data handlers to higher responsibilities to counter new threats to personal data.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 4, 2024

December tends to be a busy time for everyone, so you may have missed a privacy update or two. We have set out some updates in the form of questions, with links in the answers where you can find more information. (For For those making this quiz a competitive event, we have included a tie-breaker/bonus question.) Answers are below.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On December 12, 2023, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (“CIPL”) released a white paper on Privacy-Enhancing and Privacy-Preserving Technologies: Understanding the Role of PETs and PPTs in the Digital Age.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Information privacy and information security are two different things. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Information privacy is the ability to control who (or what) can view or access information that is collected about you or your customers. They take all this private information, and then they sell it.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 6, 2024, Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 255 , making New Hampshire the 15th state with a comprehensive privacy law. The thresholds are closer to those of, e.g. , Delaware’s Personal Data Privacy Act (H.B. 154) (the “DPDPA”), rather than those of larger states such as Virginia and Colorado.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Apple's Privacy Warning to Facebook: We Can Break You Apple's conflict with Facebook this week resulted in the most effective and quickest punishment the social network has ever received over a privacy issue.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

This is my interview with TRT International on the Meta dispute with EU consumer groups, which are calling on the bloc to sanction the company EU consumer groups are calling on the bloc to sanction the company Meta – which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – for allegedly breaching privacy rules.

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