Data Protection & Privacy – Page 55
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NewsICO fines QR code provider for spamming customers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a QR code provider for sending direct marketing emails to people who provided their personal data for contact tracing purposes.
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WebinarThe Conversation Continues: Where International Data Transfers Stand
You may sometimes get the feeling no progress is being made to solve the issue of transferring personal data from the European Union to other countries around the world. After the draft EDPB Recommendations and draft model Standard Contractual Clauses, no major changes have been communicated.
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NewsBusiness Update: F-Secure launches modular platform designed for servitization of cyber security
F-Secure Elements is the first cloud-based platform created to empower organizations with fast, flexible, and easy access to cyber security services (Press Release)
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NewsBusiness Update: Qualys Introduces CyberSecurity Asset Management
New asset inventory app helps security teams identify and respond to gaps in their security and compliance program (Press Release)
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NewsFacebook faces EU data transfer ban
The Irish High Court has ruled that the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) can resume investigating Facebook’s data practices.
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ReportPrivacy & Security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
The privacy and security laws of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have developed significantly over the past two decades, as governments increasingly recognise the importance of adequate data protection in attracting trade and investment.
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NewsBusiness Update: Qbit becomes Eurofins Cyber Security The Netherlands
Eurofins Cyber Security announced today that its operation in the Netherlands ‘Qbit’ will be known as Eurofins Cyber Security the Netherlands (Press Release)
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NewsBusiness Update: Cyber Fusion Distribution Partners with XM Cyber
Attack Path Management Leader Commits to a 100% Channel-Focused Strategy to Maximize Opportunities in the United Kingdom (Press Release)
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NewsCompany denies 'negligent security flaw' allegation
Insurance company Lemonade said a website security flaw that exposed customer data is ‘by design.’
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NewsGDPR fines totalling €292m issued in 661 cases
Since its roll out in May 2018, every one of the 28 EU nations, plus the United Kingdom, has issued at least one GDPR fine.
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NewsBusiness Update: BlackBerry Builds Out Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Capabilities
Company launches next-gen BlackBerry® Optics 3.0 and BlackBerry® Gateway for ZTNA (Press Release)
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NewsBusiness Update: SafeGuard Cyber Launches Illuminate Partner Program
Illuminate Partners Can Now Sell SafeGuard Cyber’s Digital Risk Protection Platform and Create Services that Protect Third-Party Social Media, Collaboration, and Mobile Chat Apps (Press Release)
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NewsBusiness Update: Exterro Collaborates with Microsoft on Forensics Platform
Forensic Toolkit (FTK®) Lab running on Microsoft Azure provides faster data insights and enhanced collaboration that accelerate trusted results for digital crime investigations (Press Release)
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AnalysisThe lowdown on South Africa’s long-awaited privacy act
Enforcement of South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) begins in July and businesses are rushing to make sure they comply in time. Nicole Gabryk, ahead of her appearance at PrivSec Global next month, explains the key planks of the legislation and how the act differs from GDPR.
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AnalysisQualified for the job: time for the role of DPO to become a protected title?
The role of Data Protection Officer is becoming more important as technology allows the sharing of data more quickly and on a much larger scale. Despite this, no minimum qualification is required to take on the role. The latest UK Data Protection Index reveals DPOs overwhelmingly want this to change, we look at the reasons why.
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NewsBusiness Update: AUTOCRYPT partners with SHIELD Automotive Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence
As automotive technology evolves to become more autonomous and electrified, threats to the technology have seen exponential increase (Press Release)
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NewsBusiness Update: Arqit announces BT contract and plan to create 2000 jobs
The launch positions the British economy at the forefront of global innovation in quantum, space and cyber technology (Press Release)
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AnalysisThe key theme: regulatory developments in the world of privacy and data protection
The privacy legislation picture is growing ever more complex with more countries adopting new laws all the time. A key theme of PrivSec Global next month will be focusing on these legislative changes and other regulatory developments and what they mean. Here we pick out several jurisdictions that are seeing major changes.
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NewsNear doubling of reported privacy breaches in New Zealand
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) in New Zealand says it received 97% more privacy breach notifications in the four months after a new Privacy Act came into force on 1 December. The comparison is with the previous six months.
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NewsGerman DPA bans Facebook processing WhatsApp user data
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has issued an emergency order prohibiting Facebook Ireland Ltd using personal data from the group’s WhatsApp social media platform for its own purposes.
