CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2021

Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day) is an international event that occurs every year on the 28 th of January. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness about how businesses and individuals can promote the implementation of privacy and data protection best practices. .

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Threatpost

JANUARY 17, 2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook has called on the government to double down on data privacy regulation in 2019.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Despite a litany of high-profile data breaches, federal action on data privacy is unlikely to go anywhere in 2019 as partisanship and lack of technology literacy complicate Congressional action. The post Waiting for Federal Data Privacy Reform? Don’t Hold Your Breath.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 10, 2019

Last year was a big year in the world of information security with data privacy issues, new regulations and several high-profile data breaches. Now that 2019 has arrived, what should corporations be doing to comply with the various data security and privacy regulations?

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Data privacy is a fundamental right for Americans - but new emerging technologies like drone, IoT and facial recognition are introducing gray areas.

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Threatpost

MARCH 5, 2019

Consumer confidence in companies keeping their data safe is at an all-time low, but password hygiene and not reading EULAs and app permissions remain big problems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. 2019 will continue these trends but at a faster pace. Upcoming government standardization efforts will continue to increase substantially in 2019. About the author: Matt Burke.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 23, 2019

From more widescale, powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, to privacy issues in children's connected toys, here are the top IoT disasters in 2019.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 27, 2019

2019 was a tumultuous year for Facebook as it continued to grapple with privacy fallout after Cambridge Analytica, as well as dealing with a slew of security challenges.

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Dark Reading

JULY 22, 2019

In the wake of recent fines levied against British Airways, Marriott, and Facebook, companies are starting to take data privacy and security more seriously.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

C yber a ttack s on Georgia (2008 , 2019 ) Georgian government websites get defaced; thousands of government and private websites get blocked, including two major TV stations. Regulators are responding by implementing stricter data privacy and supply chain security standards.

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Threatpost

JULY 31, 2019

Threatpost editors discuss the top trends, keynotes and sessions that they look forward to at Black Hat USA and DEF CON 2019.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 3, 2019

It’s 2019 and data is everywhere – and what you can do with what is at your fingertips is truly transformative. Unlike traditional databases, Big Data is unstructured and any sensitive data can go into a data lake (which holds data in its raw format) and then show up later in a report.

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Appknox

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

NITDA launched the ground-breaking Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) in early 2019, cementing a culture of data privacy and protection for all Nigerians. By mirroring Europe's GDPR Framework, NITDA demonstrated its commitment to safeguarding citizens' online security.

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Threatpost

MARCH 6, 2019

Public policy honchos for the tech giants discussed what they would like to see in sweeping GDPR-like federal data privacy legislation.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

A few weeks ago, we issued the Global Edition of our 2019 Thales Data Threat Report, now in its seventh year. This year much of the emphasis within the results was on how digital transformation can put organizations’ sensitive data at risk. Please visit our website to learn more about our 2019 Data Threat Report-Global Edition.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 15, 2022

Assange, who is seeking asylum in London, is facing an extradition case from the government of the United States and was asked to appear before a court in 2019. Now, Assange’s lawyers in association with two reputed journalists have filed a case against the American CIA for violating US Constitutional Protection rights regarding data privacy.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Whatever else it may bring, 2019 will be a breakout year for online privacy, as the EU’s GDPR takes root and legislation in other nations follow suit. But not everyone is on board with the new privacy regime. Who will be the privacy leaders and laggards in the New Year? appeared first on. Read the whole entry. »

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 26, 2022

According to the order, Twitter which is soon going into the hands of Tesla Chief Elon Musk failed to protect its user info between 2013 to 2019 and was giving false security that it has all measures in place to protect the information that is not for public view.

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Hot for Security

MAY 21, 2021

So far, French data protection authorities issued the largest GDPR fine in 2019, totaling 50 million euros, followed by Germany with 32.2 Indeed, a significant milestone in data privacy and user protection has been reached since the regulation’s adoption. million and Italy with 27.8

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 16, 2021

A leaked internal document of Google that was accessed & disclosed by Vice.com, a tech subsidiary of Motherboard Tech, states that the internet juggernaut fired 36 employees in 2020 for fraudulently accessing Google user or employee data. As they cannot think for themselves and strictly rely on the minds of those using them.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

And last but not the least; maintain digital records that help in confirming whether the company is complying with the laws related to data privacy & security prevailing in the region. According to a report released by privacy advocating firm which?,

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

A message Microsoft sent to customers affected by their recent leak of customer support data. This week marked the annual observance of Data Privacy Day , an occasion in which we are reminded to be more judicious about the types of personal information we voluntarily share on social media and other Web sites.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

However, M&A is a complex undertaking, and integrating and consolidating IT, cybersecurity and data privacy infrastructure only adds to the challenge. Patient data exposures. Healthcare data security and privacy is a problem that continues to grow.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 23, 2020

However, an increased adoption of digital technology has resulted in much more data being readily available – and consumers are calling for enhanced transparency and stewardship of that data. As a result, companies are grappling with the balancing act between data privacy, data monetisation and consumer trust.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2021

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Today, Skyflow announced Bjorn Ovick, a 20-year veteran of the fintech industry with previous executive roles at RS2, Visa, American Express, and Wells Fargo, has joined the company to lead business development around Skyflow’s data privacy vault for fintech companies. What if Privacy had an API?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2024

2019, through Alibaba in China. There are, no doubt, plenty of honest and well-meaning companies operating in this space, but it has been my experience that a great many people involved in that industry have a background in marketing or advertising — not privacy. Cocofinder[.]com

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

million pay subscribers till the end of 2019. In January 2021, Tinder tried its best to put an end to all data privacy related queries by implanting an anti-spam filter that helps protect users from catfishing scams, revolving around snapchat.

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Threatpost

MARCH 7, 2019

The Privacy Framework is being developed to be risk-based/outcome-based and non-prescriptive, unlike the GDPR.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 16, 2021

A central Chinese court has ruled that an employee of a consultancy firm was guilty of gathering more than a billion data items of Taobao, users since 2019. None of the customer data was sold and Alibaba’s users didn’t incur financial losses from the episode, the company said in a statement. The court ruling.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 4, 2019

On May 25, the European Union celebrated the first anniversary of the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , the most important change in data privacy regulations in the last decade, designed to restructure the way in which personal data is handled across every sector (public or private) and every industry.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 20, 2021

Early this month, social media giant Facebook (FB) was in news for failing to protect the data of its 533 million users from over 106 countries. FB issued an update on this note by stating that the contact importer feature was changed by its technical team in Sept’2019 as soon as it learnt that hackers were trying to exploit the platform.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 2017 bill, the first of its kind, will be fully implemented as of March 1st, 2019. Leading up to that date, companies have had to meet several milestones including hiring a CISO, encrypting all its non-public consumer data and enabling multi-factor authentication. Looking Ahead to 2019 and 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Facebook (Meta) has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Cambridge Analytica data leak. data privacy class action. At the time, Facebook was accused of deceiving people about how the social network giant handled their data.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

. “ According to lobbying reports and other records, Alphabet and its subsidiaries have spent more than $125 million on federal lobbying, campaign contributions, and trade associations since 2019. This is done under the guise that Google wants regulators to let companies decide themselves what’s good for you and for society.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Facebook (Meta) has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Cambridge Analytica data leak. data privacy class action. At the time, Facebook was accused of deceiving people about how the social network giant handled their data.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2023

With numerous incidents to cite, tech behemoths have time and again proven their inadequacy to securely handle their user’s digital identity and data. In recent years, Meta (previously Facebook) has faced a number of fines for violating user privacy. While Web2 is associated with sharing, Web3 emphasizes ownership.

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