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From a global perspective, data protection regulation has moved forward significantly since that time, so a review of the PDPO is timely. MORE
Thousands of customers' credit card numbers, MoviePass card numbers, and sensitive data were left in an unprotected database MORE
A vulnerability in British Airways' e-ticketing system could enable a bad actor to view passengers' personal data or change their booking information. Hacks Vulnerabilities British Airways British airways data breach Data Privacy Data security e-ticketing flaw Encryption MORE
The implementation of Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. Those data controllers for whom compliance has been deferred include agencies and operators of prescribed businesses specified in the Royal Decree on Agencies and Businesses Not Subject to the PDPA B.E. MORE
Some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts from Twitter and Facebook, the social media companies claim. Facebook and Twitter revealed that some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts without their consent. MORE
Researchers found it was possible to spoof SMS messages from TikTok and exploit an API flaw that could grant access to users' personal data MORE
But this is a tricky area to navigate, particularly following the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), since both the ICO and the FCA have started to pay more attention to this area. What are the legal mechanisms to sell or utilise personal data in an insolvency situation? MORE
Data-driven technologies are an inevitable feature of modern political campaigning. All the data-driven methods presented in this guide would not exist without the commercial digital marketing and advertising industry. Really interesting report from Tactical Tech. MORE
A recent experiment found all sorts of personal data left on used laptops and smartphones. This should come as no surprise. Simson Garfinkel performed the same experiment in 2003, with similar results. computersecurity dataloss dataprotection MORE
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The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. The PDPA is under the supervision of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society and the main supervising authority of the PDPA is the Office of Data Protection Committee ( Office ). Definition of Personal Data. Background. MORE
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. As of June 5, the Ariix Italia data bucket has been closed and is no longer accessible. What data is in the bucket? MORE
Now that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for over a year, you’ve likely become acquainted with the term ‘personal data’ But what exactly does personal data mean? What is personal data? Location data. MORE
An integral part of your EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance project is producing appropriate documentation, which includes a personal data breach notification procedure. What is a personal data breach? Loss of availability of personal data. MORE
The personal email addresses - some indicating user names or government official status - of more than a million pornography website users were exposed. Privacy Web Security adult website security data leak database elasticsearch database exposed data luscious vulnerability MORE
Australian Bank Says Customer Data Sent to Two Service Providers National Australia Bank says it is contacting 13,000 customers after personal account data was uploaded without authorization to two data service providers. MORE
Group-IB discovered thousands of personal records of users from multiple countries exposed in a targeted multi-stage bitcoin scam. All the fake pages discovered are almost identical in terms of design, but the URL and the page code are unique every time and contain users’ personal records. MORE
Reality #2: Any data point you share with a company will in all likelihood eventually be hacked, lost, leaked, stolen or sold usually through no fault of your own. MORE
Now that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for a couple of months, you’ve hopefully become acquainted with its definition of personal data: “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”. What is personal data? MORE
The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook $270,000 for the Photo API bug that exposed personal photos of 300,000 Turkish users. The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) has fined Facebook 1.65 MORE
Email Addresses, Phone Numbers for 49 Million People Potentially Exposed There's been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram, but it's not clear yet whether the data on 49 million users came directly from the social media company. MORE
Researchers find more than 1,000 apps in the Google Play store that gather personal data even when the user has denied permission MORE
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IoT Privacy Data Finance Ford hackett personal data scooter spinFord's CEO sees the tech company model as key to the company's next chapter. MORE
The leaked data includes photos, videos, and birthdates of babies, as well as 800,000 email addresses, location data as well as detailed device information. . The leaked data was discovered by Dan Ehrlich of the security consulting firm Twelve Security. Data privacy and security come as our priority. Bithouse has yet to comment on the leak or take the leaked data offline. Data Security Data breach Privacy featured elasticsearch data leak peekaboo MORE
On June 16, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) released a statement on the processing of personal data in the context of reopening borders following the COVID-19 outbreak (the “Statement”). MORE
Jared Walker of Zasio writes a great blog post on Pandemics and Personal Data. The post Pandemics and Personal Data appeared first on IG GURU. Business Education GDPR IG News Information Governance information privacy Privacy Risk News Sponsored COVID-19 Europe Health Information HIPAA Italy Jared Walker Medical Information Pandemic Singapore Zasio MORE
On 25 May 2018, the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) superseded the UK’s DPA (Data Protection Act) 1998. With the Regulation expanding the definition of personal data, many organisations were uncertain as to what the new definition includes. MORE
As businesses subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) develop and implement policies and procedures to comply with the law, they may want to revisit, or develop an employee personal data protection policy. Why Address an Employee Personal Data Protection Policy Now? MORE
When organisations transfer data, they inevitably compromise its security to some degree. There’s not much organisations can do to eliminate data loss, so the problem becomes how to reduce the damage once the data is exposed? Data transfers. MORE
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication recently introduced a new draft of Pakistan’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2020 (the “Bill”) and launched a public consultation regarding the same. The controller also must maintain a record of personal data breaches. MORE
Outbreak of the coronavirus and personal data privacy. There have been several data breach incidents which have given rise to concerns over privacy and potential discrimination against people from Wuhan and Hubei Province. Compliance and risk management data protection MORE
In a critical study of data extraction policies, the ICO concludes that procedures are inconsistent across forces in England and Wales and calls for a new statutory code of practice to provide “greater clarity”. MORE
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. Disclosure of Personal Information. MORE
Privacy Agora email blunder leaky data UNICEFThe organization accidentally sent the names, email addresses, gender and professional information of users of its portal Agora in an email sent in August. MORE
HR Software Provider Says Names, Addresses, Emails and Phone Numbers Exposed PageUp, an HR software developer based in Australia, is warning that malware-wielding attackers may have accessed a raft of personal data stored in the company's systems. MORE
Breach Hacks data breach Data Privacy Data security doordash personal information Security third party providerAccessed information includes delivery addresses, license numbers, names, phone numbers and more. MORE
The Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to properly protect the personal information of 2.3 A partially redacted memo issued by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security stated that FEMA released the personally identifiable information of 2.3 MORE
teeters on the edge of a "no deal" Brexit, the country's information commissioner has warned businesses to prepare, saying that any organization that handles Europeans' personal data must ensure they have a legal transfer arrangement in place for continuing to do so MORE
On June 23, 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice (the Bundesgerichtshof , or “BGH”) issued a decision confirming the enforceability, in preliminary proceedings, of the order of the German Federal Cartel Office (the “ Bundeskartellamt ”) against Facebook’s data practices. MORE
On May 27, 2019, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. Although now effective, the main operative provisions concerning personal data protection (including requests for data subjects’ consent; collection/use and disclosure of personal data; rights of data subjects; complaints; civil liabilities and penalties) will not come into force until one year after their publication in the Government Gazette ( i.e. , on May 28, 2020). MORE
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Australian Bank Says Customer Data Sent to Two Service Providers National Australia Bank says it is contacting 13,000 customers after personal account data was uploaded without authorization to two data service providers.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 12, 2018
HR Software Provider Says Names, Addresses, Emails and Phone Numbers Exposed PageUp, an HR software developer based in Australia, is warning that malware-wielding attackers may have accessed a raft of personal data stored in the company's systems.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
teeters on the edge of a "no deal" Brexit, the country's information commissioner has warned businesses to prepare, saying that any organization that handles Europeans' personal data must ensure they have a legal transfer arrangement in place for continuing to do so
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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IG Guru
MARCH 25, 2020
Jared Walker of Zasio writes a great blog post on Pandemics and Personal Data. The post Pandemics and Personal Data appeared first on IG GURU. Business Education GDPR IG News Information Governance information privacy Privacy Risk News Sponsored COVID-19 Europe Health Information HIPAA Italy Jared Walker Medical Information Pandemic Singapore Zasio
Hunton Privacy
MAY 29, 2020
The implementation of Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. Those data controllers for whom compliance has been deferred include agencies and operators of prescribed businesses specified in the Royal Decree on Agencies and Businesses Not Subject to the PDPA B.E.
Data Protection Report
JUNE 1, 2020
But this is a tricky area to navigate, particularly following the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), since both the ICO and the FCA have started to pay more attention to this area. What are the legal mechanisms to sell or utilise personal data in an insolvency situation?
Schneier on Security
MARCH 26, 2019
A recent experiment found all sorts of personal data left on used laptops and smartphones. This should come as no surprise. Simson Garfinkel performed the same experiment in 2003, with similar results. computersecurity dataloss dataprotection
Hunton Privacy
MAY 14, 2020
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication recently introduced a new draft of Pakistan’s Personal Data Protection Bill, 2020 (the “Bill”) and launched a public consultation regarding the same. The controller also must maintain a record of personal data breaches.
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Data Protection Report
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
The Personal Data Protection Act B.E. The PDPA is under the supervision of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society and the main supervising authority of the PDPA is the Office of Data Protection Committee ( Office ). Definition of Personal Data. Background.
Schneier on Security
DECEMBER 6, 2018
Reality #2: Any data point you share with a company will in all likelihood eventually be hacked, lost, leaked, stolen or sold usually through no fault of your own.
IT Governance
APRIL 10, 2019
On 25 May 2018, the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) superseded the UK’s DPA (Data Protection Act) 1998. With the Regulation expanding the definition of personal data, many organisations were uncertain as to what the new definition includes.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 3, 2019
Data-driven technologies are an inevitable feature of modern political campaigning. All the data-driven methods presented in this guide would not exist without the commercial digital marketing and advertising industry. Really interesting report from Tactical Tech.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 30, 2020
On June 23, 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice (the Bundesgerichtshof , or “BGH”) issued a decision confirming the enforceability, in preliminary proceedings, of the order of the German Federal Cartel Office (the “ Bundeskartellamt ”) against Facebook’s data practices.
Data Protection Report
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Outbreak of the coronavirus and personal data privacy. There have been several data breach incidents which have given rise to concerns over privacy and potential discrimination against people from Wuhan and Hubei Province. Compliance and risk management data protection
Adam Levin
JANUARY 15, 2020
The leaked data includes photos, videos, and birthdates of babies, as well as 800,000 email addresses, location data as well as detailed device information. . The leaked data was discovered by Dan Ehrlich of the security consulting firm Twelve Security. Data privacy and security come as our priority. Bithouse has yet to comment on the leak or take the leaked data offline. Data Security Data breach Privacy featured elasticsearch data leak peekaboo
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. As of June 5, the Ariix Italia data bucket has been closed and is no longer accessible. What data is in the bucket?
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. Disclosure of Personal Information.
Hunton Privacy
MAY 30, 2019
On May 27, 2019, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. Although now effective, the main operative provisions concerning personal data protection (including requests for data subjects’ consent; collection/use and disclosure of personal data; rights of data subjects; complaints; civil liabilities and penalties) will not come into force until one year after their publication in the Government Gazette ( i.e. , on May 28, 2020).
IT Governance
JULY 29, 2019
Now that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for over a year, you’ve likely become acquainted with the term ‘personal data’ But what exactly does personal data mean? What is personal data? Location data.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 8, 2020
Researchers found it was possible to spoof SMS messages from TikTok and exploit an API flaw that could grant access to users' personal data
Dark Reading
JULY 8, 2019
Researchers find more than 1,000 apps in the Google Play store that gather personal data even when the user has denied permission
Threatpost
AUGUST 13, 2019
A vulnerability in British Airways' e-ticketing system could enable a bad actor to view passengers' personal data or change their booking information. Hacks Vulnerabilities British Airways British airways data breach Data Privacy Data security e-ticketing flaw Encryption
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
JANUARY 22, 2020
From a global perspective, data protection regulation has moved forward significantly since that time, so a review of the PDPO is timely.
Security Affairs
MAY 12, 2019
The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook $270,000 for the Photo API bug that exposed personal photos of 300,000 Turkish users. The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) has fined Facebook 1.65
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
IoT Privacy Data Finance Ford hackett personal data scooter spinFord's CEO sees the tech company model as key to the company's next chapter.
Security Affairs
JUNE 30, 2020
Group-IB discovered thousands of personal records of users from multiple countries exposed in a targeted multi-stage bitcoin scam. All the fake pages discovered are almost identical in terms of design, but the URL and the page code are unique every time and contain users’ personal records.
Adam Levin
MARCH 27, 2019
The Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to properly protect the personal information of 2.3 A partially redacted memo issued by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security stated that FEMA released the personally identifiable information of 2.3
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts from Twitter and Facebook, the social media companies claim. Facebook and Twitter revealed that some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts without their consent.
IT Governance
APRIL 18, 2018
An integral part of your EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance project is producing appropriate documentation, which includes a personal data breach notification procedure. What is a personal data breach? Loss of availability of personal data.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 22, 2020
On June 16, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) released a statement on the processing of personal data in the context of reopening borders following the COVID-19 outbreak (the “Statement”).
Dark Reading
AUGUST 21, 2019
Thousands of customers' credit card numbers, MoviePass card numbers, and sensitive data were left in an unprotected database
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Privacy Agora email blunder leaky data UNICEFThe organization accidentally sent the names, email addresses, gender and professional information of users of its portal Agora in an email sent in August.
Threatpost
AUGUST 21, 2019
The personal email addresses - some indicating user names or government official status - of more than a million pornography website users were exposed. Privacy Web Security adult website security data leak database elasticsearch database exposed data luscious vulnerability
The Guardian Data Protection
JUNE 17, 2020
In a critical study of data extraction policies, the ICO concludes that procedures are inconsistent across forces in England and Wales and calls for a new statutory code of practice to provide “greater clarity”.
IT Governance
JANUARY 3, 2018
When organisations transfer data, they inevitably compromise its security to some degree. There’s not much organisations can do to eliminate data loss, so the problem becomes how to reduce the damage once the data is exposed? Data transfers.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Breach Hacks data breach Data Privacy Data security doordash personal information Security third party providerAccessed information includes delivery addresses, license numbers, names, phone numbers and more.
IT Governance
JULY 18, 2018
Now that the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been in effect for a couple of months, you’ve hopefully become acquainted with its definition of personal data: “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”. What is personal data?
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