Data Protection & Privacy – Page 56
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NewsNorwegian Sports Confederation fined after revealing personal data on web
Datatilsynet, Norway’s data protection authority, has ordered the Norwegian Sports Confederation to pay NOK1.25m ($151,000, €124,000) after personal information about 3.2m Norwegians were available online for 87 days.
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NewsOnline use of personal data to cost Locatefamily.com
Dutch Data Protection Authority Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) has imposed a fine of €525,000 ($636,000) on people-tracing service LocateFamily.com for publishing addresses and telephone numbers of people – sometimes without their knowledge – online.
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NewsBusiness Update: Vulcan Cyber Research Reveals Most Enterprise Cyber Security Teams Lack the Ability to Remediate Risk
Benchmark study finds most cyber security organizations lack the tooling and resources to deliver enterprise cyber hygiene (Press Release)
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NewsBusiness Update: CEOs and CISOs Doubling Down on Cybersecurity According to WSJ Intelligence and Forcepoint Survey
90% adopting or considering SASE, 74% reallocated funds to cybersecurity among multiple indicators of cybersecurity’s impact on innovation, transformation and integration (Press Release)
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ebookA Blueprint for Data-Centric Security
Network and device protection continue to consume IT security resources, but they are becoming less and less effective at protecting organizations from cyber threats. Data breaches are now a daily occurrence, creating massive financial burdens for corporations, government agencies, and consumers.
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ebookOutbound email: Microsoft 365’s security blind spot
Why isn’t Microsoft 365 stopping more outbound email data breaches? Understand its security limitations - and learn how to protect your business.
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WebinarSo many assessments, so little time: How to prioritise when everything’s on fire
Risks are ever-changing, and often move faster than a privacy teams’ agenda can keep up with. That means you’ll have to make hard decisions about what actually gets done, whether you’re conscious of it or not.
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NewsEcuador’s data protection bill passes key stage
Members of Ecuador’s National Assembly have approved the proposed data protection law at a second reading.
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NewsFTC seals agreement with Everalbum on facial recognition
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalised a settlement with Everalbum about its Ever photo app which allegedly deceived consumers about its use of facial recognition technology and retention of photos and videos of users who deactivated their accounts.
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NewsNew South Wales to make reporting data breaches compulsory
Government departments in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, face having to notify the Privacy Commissioner and anyone affected by cyber-attacks or privacy breaches likely to result in serious harm.
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NewsData protection bill begins passage through Rwanda’s parliament
Rwanda’s chamber of deputies has passed the Personal Data Protection and Privacy Bill.
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ebookOld school anonymization is out, synthetic data is in
The world is changing, and anonymous data is not anonymous anymore.
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NewsNorwegian toll road operator faces fine for ‘serious violations’ of data protection rules
Norway’s data protection authority Datatilsynet proposes to impose a NOK5m ($600,000) financial penalty on Ferde for breaking the country’s privacy law when it transferred motorists’ personal data to China.
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AnalysisA data protection spending boom?
The latest UK Data Protection Index report reveals Data Protection Officers are expecting a larger increase in spending over the next year. We reveal which budget areas are likely to get a boost.
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NewsImplementation of Thailand’s personal data act delayed
Thailand’s cabinet has approved deferring full enforcement of the country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to 31 May next year. It was due come into force next month.
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NewsIcelandic curriculum support company fined for data breaches
Iceland’s data protection authority (DPA) has ordered InfoMentor to pay a financial penalty for security slips that included two unauthorised people accessing ID numbers and avatars of 424 children.
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NewsChinese mobile apps broke privacy rules
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s main internet watchdog, has found 33 mobile phone apps broke data privacy rules through a range of actions. The companies behind the apps have ten days to comply with the regulations or face a fine.
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NewsFlorida’s privacy law latest to fall by wayside
Differences between members of the two chambers in Florida’s legislature have killed off a privacy bill for the time being.
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NewsTikTok to address privacy and security concerns via transparency centre
Video-sharing app TikTok says it plans to launch a European Transparency and Accountability Centre to allow researchers and policymakers to see how it moderates content, how its recommendation technology works and how it handles data.
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WebinarLegal tech considerations for the future of remote work
Last year, legal teams across the globe were caught unaware by the sudden necessity of remote work and the ensuing explosion of data that went along with it.
