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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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Malaysia introduces watershed amendments to Personal Data Protection Act 2010

Data Protection Report

On 16 July 2024, the Malaysian Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives of the Malaysian Parliament) passed the Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024 (the PDP Bill ). Data processors will also be potentially subject to the direct imposition of penalties for breach of their obligations.

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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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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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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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Tech School Hack Affects Health, Personal Data of 209,000

Data Breach Today

East Valley Institute of Technology Is One of LockBit's Education Sector Victims An Arizona-based technical school is notifying nearly 209,000 current and former students, parents and faculty that their personal, health and financial information was potentially compromised in a LockBit attack earlier this year.

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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.