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Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. Compounding the confusion, on Sept.
IT Governance
JULY 31, 2019
Personal Data Protection Policy (Article 24). A data protection policy is a statement that sets out how your organisation protects personal data. If you are unsure what your data protection policy should include, this template , created by our expert GDPR practitioners, can help you create one in minutes.
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Data Protection Report
APRIL 18, 2019
On 12 April, the Information Commissioners Office ( ICO ) fined Bounty , a pregnancy and parent support club, £400,000 for illegally sharing personal data belonging to more than 14 million people. In particular, the ICO called out the following areas of non-compliance. Inadequate consent. Fair treatment of individuals.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
AUGUST 1, 2018
The ICO has been involved in producing significant GDPR guidance in the last 12 months and has also run an internal change management process to ensure it is up to the demands placed upon it by GDPR (think: extra staff, new breach reporting functions and helplines). Data Sharing Codes of Practice. Self Reported Data Breaches.
Data Protection Report
AUGUST 16, 2017
On the 7 th August 2017, the UK’s Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport issued a Statement of Intent (the Statement ) outlining its planned reforms of the UK’s data protection laws which are to be implemented by the Data Protection Bill (the Bill ).
IT Governance
DECEMBER 13, 2018
This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. million US customers had been affected by 2017’s Equifax breach , bringing the total number of victims to 147.9 Dixons Carphone admitted suffering a major data breach in July 2017, involving 5.9
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
JULY 9, 2019
The ICO intends to use its own Sandbox to support organisations that are looking to use personal data in innovative ways through the use of new technologies and approaches. The expectation is that, within the next 12-18 months, the ICO’s scheme will be rolled out to a much wider population of organisations. Next steps.
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