Latest Privacy and Technology Breaches and Vulnerabilities – Page 3
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SponsoredExterro – Data Minimisation: A Key Element of Risk-Reduction
The over retention of data is a major data privacy risk that needs to be addressed.
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SponsoredExterro – Data Discovery: Revealing Data Skeletons in Your Closet
The principles of data minimisation and storage limitation aren’t just legal requirements. They’re crucial means of preventing data breaches and GDPR violations.
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FeaturePhishing, Third-Party Risk and the Signal and Twilio Attack
Communications provider Twilio suffered a phishing attack on 4 August. On Monday, 11 days later, messaging app Signal disclosed that some of its users have been impacted by the attack.
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FeatureGoogle’s £35m Australian Fine: Consumer Law Steps In Where Privacy Law Would Fail
Australia’s privacy regime is weak compared to most other major economies. Yet on Friday, an Australian court ordered Google to pay AUD 60 million (£35 million) in fines for its “deceptive” data collection practices.
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Feature‘Indiscriminate Scanning’: EU Authorities Criticise Child Abuse Detection Proposals
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have published an opinion about proposed child safety measures that they claim could lead to “indiscriminate scanning of the content of virtually all types of electronic communications of all users”.
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FeatureKey Tactics for Effective Cybersecurity
As the pandemic pushed millions of workers home, corporations rushed to build infrastructure to support their new remote workforce.
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FeatureCan European Regulators Stop Clearview AI?
The US-based facial recognition company Clearview AI once told investors that “almost everyone in the world” could soon be identifiable via its biometric database. The company’s methods have been declared illegal in multiple jurisdictions—most recently in the UK. But do European regulators actually have any power to stop Clearview AI?
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ArticleThe Splintering of Global Data Flows: Is the ‘Risk-Based Approach’ Dead?
To combat foreign government surveillance, European data protection regulators are taking an increasingly hardline stance on GDPR enforcement that could drastically change the internet. Some argue that a more pragmatic, “risk-based approach” could help avoid severe disruption. But a recent decision against Google suggests those people are losing the debate.
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FeatureMeet the expert: Scott Warren among speakers at PrivSec Focus: Enterprise Risk
We are delighted to announce that cybersecurity and data privacy leader, Scott Warren will be lending his expertise to the discussion at PrivSec Focus: Enterprise Risk.
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AnalysisCash App Data Breach Exposes Over 8-Million Customers
Often when we think of data breaches, we think of external cyber threat actors utilizing ransomware to make a profit. We rarely think that our own employees could be the culprit of a massive data breach.
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FeatureVendor transparency, supply chain attacks and ethics under the microscope at PrivSec Focus: Third-Party Risk
PrivSec Focus: Third-Party Risk brought subject-matter experts and industry thought leaders together today to bring up-to-the-minute insight into the world of third-party risk management (TPRM).
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FeatureMeet the expert: Puja Verma to speak at PrivSec Focus: Third-Party Risk
We are delighted to announce that legal specialist, Puja Verma will be speaking at PrivSec Focus: Third-Party Risk.
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FeatureMeet the expert: André H. Paris to appear at PrivSec Focus: Third-Party Risk
Data privacy and compliance consultant, André H. Paris will be speaking at PrivSec Focus: Third-Party Risk.
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NewsCybersecurity fears now greater than Covid anxiety for global business community
Cyber perils are the biggest concern for companies globally in 2022, with the threat of ransomware attacks, data breaches or major IT outages causing the most anxiety for cyber specialists.
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NewsRussian cybercriminals’ campaign hit by FBI, US says
The FBI has seized a huge stash of IT hardware belonging to Russian military hackers, the White House has said.
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NewsData privacy violations sees Danske Bank reported to authorities
The data protection regulator in Denmark has reported the country’s Danske Bank to police following the institution’s failure to delete customers personal information in its IT systems, the bank reported today.
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NewsZero trust devices growing in popularity despite industry challenges
New research finds that more organisations are turning to zero trust for device access, but adoption rates are being held back by implementation challenges.
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NewsIsrael to house Middle East region’s new hyperscale data centre
Israel has been chosen as the location of the development of new hyperscale data centre in the Middle East global region.
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NewsCyber police in Ukraine commit to better health data protection
A new deal has signalled Ukraine’s increasing commitment to improving the protection standards surrounding health data in the eastern European nation.
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NewsUS and UK Governments Announce Privacy-Enhancing Tech Prize
The US and the UK are partnering on “bilateral prize challenges” to encourage the development of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).