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$10,000,000 civil penalty for disclosing personal data without consent

Data Protection Report

Background According to the complaint, Cerebral offered telehealth services, including mental health treatment and/or medication management services, through websites and mobile apps since October 2019. As indicated in the paragraph quoted above, the company collected some very sensitive personal information.

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State-sponsored hackers are using COVID-19 lures, Google warns

Security Affairs

Google is warning that nation-state actors are exploiting the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic to target health care organizations and entities involved in the fight against the pandemic. “We’ve also seen attackers try to trick people into downloading malware by impersonating health organizations.”

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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. Many of these photos are tagged with the identity of the people in them. This kind of technology would have many applications.

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An inspirational week at Data Citizens ‘24: Collibra AI Governance is now live

Collibra

McDonald’s and Expleo tag teamed an insightful session, discussing how GenAI is being used to accelerate both customer and team member experiences. Attendees also heard from a variety of other customers and partners including Definity, UCLA Health, UC Davis, the US Department of Defense and Google.

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Information Security and Compliance Through the Prism of Healthcare and Retail

AIIM

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), may impose a penalty on a covered entity for a failure to comply with a requirement of the Privacy Rule. Let’s explore how these concepts relate to two specific industries – healthcare and retail. The stakes for non-compliance are significant.

Retail 91
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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes. The price tag of the ransom is just one of the many costs of these attacks, and remediation can often exceed this fee many times over. Prevalence. million in adjusted losses.

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Mar 13- Mar 19 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

Security Affairs

Google’s TAG team revealed that China-linked APT groups are targeting Ukraine ’s government for intelligence purposes. In mere seconds, a hacker remotely accessed a computer belonging to a regional Russian Ministry of Health, taking advantage of sloppy cybersecurity practices to expose its entire network.

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