All GRC World Forums articles in June 2020
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News
Information Commissioner’s Opinion addresses facial recognition privacy concerns
The UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has published a Commissioner’s Opinion on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public places by private companies and public organisations.
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McAfee dies in Spanish prison
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee has been found dead in a suspected suicide in his Barcelona prison cell after Spain’s high court authorised his extradition to the US to face tax evasion charges.
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EC setting up unit to tackle rising cyber-attacks
The European Commission plans to create a specialised organisation to counter tackle the increasing number of cyber incidents impacting public services, businesses and citizens across the EU.
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Stockholm’s public transport operator fined for body-camera use
Sweden’s data protection authority IMY has ordered Stockholm Public Transport (SL) to pay a financial penalty for shortcomings in the way it deployed body cameras worn by ticket inspectors.
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Event
PrivSec Global deep-dives into Vaccine Passes
At PrivSec Global today, a panel of experts explored the technology and the importance of vaccine passes to our world in this new normal.
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PrivSec Global & FinCrime World Forum is live!
Two live and on-demand livestream experiences, brought to you by GRC World Forums will get underway this morning.
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US town looks to fix IT weakness after Russia-linked ransomware attack
The administrative head of Freeport in Maine concedes there are big gaps to fill to better protect the town’s computer network after it was offline for about a week following a “scary and serious” ransomware attack earlier this month.
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Firms fined for data lapses in Singapore
Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has imposed penalties on four companies for data protection breaches. More than 630,000 people were affected, including military personnel.
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Hear from “The man who took on Facebook and won” next week at PrivSec Global
Max Schrems, aka “The man who took on Facebook, and won” will be giving an exclusive keynote at PrivSec Global on Thursday 24 June at 2pm (BST).
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China arrests more than 1,000 in cryptocurrency money laundering case
The Ministry of Public Security in China has detained around 1,100 people on charges of using cryptocurrency to launder money.
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Human error remains the main cause of data breaches
The Shred-it’s Ninth Annual Data Protection Report identifies the insights, opinions and practices of data protection among Small Business Owners (SBOs), C-Suite Executives and the public.
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Avoiding the Security Dangers with Work From Home (WFH)
As more and more office workers find the new normal to be work from home (WFH) there are challenges and dangers that come into play, with 90+% cyber security attacks beginning with email.
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Why should we care about privacy anyway?
As enterprises scramble to build safer workplaces for returning employees, and governments spin up technology-based contact tracing programmes in record time, privacy is both under threat and in focus.
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Data Protection Is Everyone's Job, so It's No One's Job
If your organization has a hard time pinning down data security, it’s not alone. Many companies that build software applications give lip service to the idea that it is everyone’s job to keep data secure.
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Accelerating Sensitive Data Analysis for Financial Services
Financial service organizations have a wealth of sensitive data that enables them to create new products, drive improved customer experience, and manage risk across the enterprise. While this data is of great value, many companies have developed policies that dramatically slow time to data away or destroy its analytical utility in response to the ever-increasing threats, both internal and external.
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Supporting Privacy and Data Protection Compliance Efforts
Hosted by: Brad Bryant (Global Chief Privacy Officer, Aon) Paul Breitbarth (Director, EU Policy and Strategy, TrustArc – Nymity) Video: Operational Accountability: Supporting Privacy and Data Protection Compliance Efforts
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APAC Data Privacy: Accountability, Risk and Governance
Data privacy laws in the Asia-Pacific region continue to evolve, and continue to create challenges in how organisations can respond to change. The panel session will look at how legislation has evolved within the region and how different countries take contrasting approaches to accountability.
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Data Privacy in the Philippines: Changes so Far and Next Steps
The last eight years has seen a revolution in how the Philippines handles data privacy, with a new set of laws and the establishment of the National Privacy Commission
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GRC: Post Pandemic Review, Foresight vs Firefight
Hosted by: Rob Roe (Managing Director of APAC/ANZ, CIPP/E, OneTrust), Marcus Barber (Director and Founder, Looking Up, Feeling Good) Piya Shedden (Director, Deloitte) Video: GRC: Post Pandemic Review, Foresigh…
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China’s first step to data protection
China’s recent draft Civil Code is set to introduce several laws that include individuals’ rights to privacy and personal data for the first time. This is a symbolic first step as the country’s 1.4 billion people becomes and more and more digitised, and so more vulnerable to leaks and hacks.