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Nieman Marcus discloses data breach
American luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group has announced a data breach compromising the personal data of approximately 4.6 million customers.
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Massachusetts AG launches investigation into T-Mobile breach
The attorney general of Massachusetts, Maura Healey, has launched an investigation into the recent T-Mobile data breach to determine whether the company had proper safeguards in place.
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FTC warns health apps to comply with health breach notification rule
Policy statement affirms that covered companies that hold fertility, heart health, glucose levels and other health data must notify consumers in the event of a breach.
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Dallas schools hit by cyber-attack
Digital records of former and current students, alumni, parents and employees of one of the largest school authorities in the US may have been compromised in a hack.
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FTC bans SpyFone and CEO from surveillance business
In a first, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned a company and its boss from operating in the surveillance sector because of allegations the firm’s app secretly harvested and shared data on people’s movements, phone use and online activities through a hidden device.
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Conquering a CPRA Data Retention Strategy in 60 Days
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) comes into effect on January 1, 2023. Among its new requirements is a new data retention provision.
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Eight US companies fined for cyber security failings
The United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has levied fines totalling $750,000 (€636,000) on eight broker-dealers and/or investment advisors after personally identifying information of around 11,500 clients was exposed.
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Google to boost cyber security
Tech giant Google has announced it will invest $10bn (€8.51bn) over the next five years to strengthen cyber security.
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JPMorgan Chase warns customers of data breach
US banking and financial services company has alerted its customers of a technical glitch that may have exposed the personal data of its customers.
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US terror watchlist leaked online
A misconfigured server has exposed a secret watchlist of suspected terrorists online.
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Indiana state notifies residents about contact tracing data breach
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) is notifying nearly 750,000 Hoosiers of a data breach involving responses collected from the state’s COVID-19 online contact tracing survey.
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Employee DSARs: The Coming Deluge
Up until now, organizations have assumed that all data subject requests were the same.
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SolarWinds hackers accessed offices of US prosecutors
Email accounts in the offices of 27 US district attorneys were breached during the SolarWinds supply-chain cyber-attack last December, the department of justice (DoJ) has admitted.
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Florida congresswoman reintroduces children’s privacy bill
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla has plans to reintroduce a privacy bill that could allow parents to sue companies that violate their kids’ privacy.
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US lawmakers call for regulation over “hacking for hire” industry
Members of the U.S House of Representatives have issued a joint statement on reports that the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was used by authoritarian regimes against peaceful journalists and activists around the world.
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Data protection vital for US competitiveness, says security chief
Data security and privacy are at the heart of the United States’ competitiveness, according to national security advisor Jake Sullivan.
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Data Retention: The Achilles Heel of Global Privacy
Consumers around the world are demanding more protection for their personal information. Data breaches are daily occurrences, and the scope of privacy has widened to include how your organization limits the risk of improper use or exposure of personal data.
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Americas Focus: USA and the Developing Nature of Privacy Law
The patchwork nature of privacy law in the United States is getting ever more confusing, as different states pass their own pieces of legislation.
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Americas Focus: Caribbean Data Protection & Privacy Regulations
The Caribbean has seen critical issues in regard to its data privacy regulations and has been slow in adopting comprehensive laws that provide formal legal structures for data transfers and protection.
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US fertility clinic suffers data breach
Information on about 38,000 patients of Reproductive Biology Associates (RBA) and affiliate My Egg Bank North America have been compromised in a ransomware attack.