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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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Ransomware attack knocks Ireland’s health service computers out of action
All IT systems run by Ireland’s health Service Executive are today (14 May) shut down following a ransomware attack.
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German 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.
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Norwegian 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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Online 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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Business 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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Business 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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Ecuador’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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EU plans to ban cash payments above €10,000 in AML move
The European Commission is preparing to prohibit cash transactions of €10,000 or more as part of new anti-money laundering measures.
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FTC 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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New 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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Pakistan to work towards meeting FATF’s AML conditions
The Pakistani government is to bring in a swathe of new rules and procedures with the goal of ending its three years on the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list which subjects it to increased monitoring.
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GRC World Forums launches TV-style weekly broadcast
A new TV-style weekly digital broadcast to inform the industry of the latest governance, regulation and compliance (GRC) developments and featuring topical insight from thought leaders launches today.
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Data 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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Ransomware attack knocks out key US pipeline
The Colonial pipeline serving most of the eastern United States with fuel and heating oil has been shut down after what is being viewed as the worst-ever cyber-attack on the country’s infrastructure.
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New series of video talks led by ‘father of GRC’ Michael Rasmussen launches
A new series of virtual discussions on governance, regulation and compliance trends will get under way later this month.
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European Banking Authority outlines plans for a centralised AML/CFT database
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper on plans for an anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing (CTF) centralised database in the European Union.
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Norwegian 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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Council of Europe criticises Romania for inadequate anti-corruption measures
Romania’s compliance with Council of Europe recommendations to tackle corruption among members of parliament (MPs), judges and prosecutors remains unsatisfactory, according to the 47-member human rights organisation.
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Swedbank fined by stock exchange for AML failings
Swedbank has been fined a total of $5.5million (SEK46.6m) by Nasdaq Stockholm’s disciplinary committee for historical AML (anti-money laundering) failures.
