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NewsCalifornia appoints members of privacy protection agency board
The five members of the inaugural board for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) have been named.
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NewsOnline gambling firm fined £3.4million for AML shortcomings and breaching license conditions
Online gambling firm Intouch Games has been fined £3.4million in the United Kingdom after breaching anti money laundering (AML) rul
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NewsTwo arms of Australian government at risk of cyber attack
Australia’s prime minister and cabinet office and attorney-general departments are vulnerable to cyber security incidents because they have not fully implemented key mitigation strategies, auditor-general Grant Hehir has warned in a report.
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NewsUS options to resolve Schrems II outcome spelt out
Authorities in the US have three ways of overcoming commercial data transfer difficulties created by the Schrems II ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), according to the Congressional Research Service.
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NewsIndia seeks to stop WhatsApp privacy rule changes
The Indian government has filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court to restrain WhatsApp from implementing a new privacy policy.
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NewsEBA acts to reduce downside of AML de-risking
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published three regulatory instruments to tackle problems with financial institutions’ de-risking practices including customers being left without access to the financial system.
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NewsPrivSec Global and FinCrime World Forum get under way today
Two live and on-demand digital events brought to you by GRC World Forums will get underway this morning.
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NewsBusiness Update: Rita Personal Data launches the first mobile app that gives users data ownership
With a mission to give users data ownership, Rita has launched a data management tool where users can collect, view and take control of their data. (press release)
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NewsBusiness Update: Dutch Tech scale ups introduce technology breakthrough in world of privacy and data retention
Dutch tech scale ups INDICA and filerskeepers announce a new partnership and introduce a technology breakthrough in the world of privacy: Global Automated Legal Data Retention. This enables organisations to automatically find documents and data that need to be deleted according to any type of regulation. (press release)
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NewsBusiness Update: Rita: The first mobile app that gives you ownership of your data
Rita launches an app giving users the ability to collect, view and control their own personal information. (press release)
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NewsRegulators urged to ‘stop squabbling’ over GDPR enforcement
The European Commission Vice President has called on regulators to stop squabbling over the enforcement of data protection rules or face the possibility of a centralised model.
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NewsChinese bank fined for major data protection failings
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission has ordered China Citic Bank to pay RMB4.5m ($690,000, €581,000) in penalties for what the regulator termed major violations of banking laws and regulations.
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NewsSwiss DPA probes vaccine website for possible data security breach
The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (DPIC) in Switzerland is probing a possible data security breach by a website that allows people to voluntarily upload an electronic version of their vaccination record.
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NewsBusiness Update: Annual Cyber Protection Week survey reveals post-pandemic paradox
Despite 80% of organizations running up to 10 different protection and cybersecurity solutions simultaneously, more than 50% of them experienced downtime from data loss last year (Press Release)
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ebookThe Six Foundations of Data Privacy Regulation
The six most commonly discussed data protection regulations are the European Union’s GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the United States, Brazil’s LGPD, Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Australian Data Privacy Law.
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NewsFrench government updates AML action plan
The French government has outlined measures to increase anti money laundering (AML) supervision and boost corporate transparency in an updated action plan.
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NewsUK solicitors watchdog warns of real estate vendor fraud trend
A solicitors’ watchdog in the United Kingdom has alerted law enforcement bodies to a trend in real estate vendor fraud, in which homes are sold without the knowledge of the owners.
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NewsWashington Privacy Bill redrafted to add sweeping opt-out controls
Washington state’s new Privacy Bill has been amended and strengthened by state house lawmakers to include new opt-out controls and private right to action.
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NewsUK educational trust suffers ransomware attack
The Harris Federation, which runs 50 schools in the United Kingdom has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, just days after the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned educational establishments of an increase in such incidents.
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NewsBusiness Update: Cisco Unveils New, Expanded SASE Architecture
Cisco simplifies networking and security operations with an expanded Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture, and unveils innovations to cloud-native platform, SecureX (Press Release)
