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Colonial Pipeline: Attack Exposed Personal Data

Data Breach Today

Company Says Employees' Personal Data Compromised The ransomware attack that targeted Colonial Pipeline Co. in May compromised the personal information of more than 5,800 individuals, mainly current and former employees, according to a breach notification letter.

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Russian Hackers Target Ukrainians' Personal Data, Says Kyiv

Data Breach Today

Hackers Are Targeting Ukrainian Insurance Companies for Their Personal Information Ukraine's top cybersecurity agency says Russian hackers took a sudden interest in obtaining personal data and mounted successful attacks against more than one-third of the country's largest insurers.

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India Passes Digital Personal Data Protection Act

Hunton Privacy

reports that in early August 2023, the Indian Parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (the “Act”), bringing to a close a 5-year process to enact an omnibus data privacy law in India. Grounds for Collection and Processing Consent continues to be the primary legal ground for the processing of personal data.

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Senators Raise Security Concerns Over Selling Personal Data

Data Breach Today

Letter to Twitter, Google, Others Asks About Selling Information to Foreign Governments A bipartisan group of senators has sent a letter to Google, Twitter, Verizon, AT&T and online advertising firms and networks raising national security concerns about the selling of citizens' personal data, which could end up in the hands of foreign governments.

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Privacy without borders: Reality or Fantasy?

Imagine a world in which every country shared a vision and a common set of principles to protect and regulate the use of personal data. It would make international business far simpler, provide citizens in every country with the same privacy rights.

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Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act Enters into Force

Hunton Privacy

On June 1, 2022, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) entered into force after three years of delays. The PDPA mirrors the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in many respects. Exemptions are granted for public interest, contractual obligations, vital interest or compliance with the law.

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India: New Digital Personal Data Protection Act, Start Planning Now.

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 11 August 2023, India’s long-awaited law governing data protection – the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ( DPDP Act ) – received the President’s assent and was published in the official gazette the following day. data subjects, using the GDPR terminology) located within India.

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Recovering from a Cyber Attack

Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies

Even a non-technically-savvy employee’s single mouse click can mean the difference between your company resting easy, or having to pay millions of dollars to retrieve stolen personal data. In that vein, this webinar will cover: How and why a data breach prevention mindset is a company-wide measure.