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NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

Krebs on Security

But according to researchers at Atlas Data Privacy Corp. 1, 2002 (with very few exceptions). But experts say these underlying sources of information — the above-mentioned “public” records — are carved out from every single state consumer privacy law.

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Congressional Movement on Cybersecurity in a Bill to Reauthorize the Homeland Security Act of 2002

Data Matters

Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ­approved a bill ( SB 2825 ) reauthorizing the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and including key cybersecurity provisions affecting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On March 7, 2018, the U.S. to incentivize more cybersecurity training activities.

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Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift

Schneier on Security

Facebook is making a new and stronger commitment to privacy. There is ample reason to question Zuckerberg's pronouncement: The company has made -- and broken -- many privacy promises over the years. In security and privacy, the devil is always in the details -- and Zuckerberg's post provides none.

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2020 Predictions: New Challenges for Data Privacy and the 5G Hackathon

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A barrage of news about data breaches, government surveillance, and corporate misconduct has soured consumer sentiment on current data practices privacy regulators and authorities strive to protect consumer rights and shape the future of data protection. So what’s in store for data privacy and the rollout of of 5G technology?

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Organizational Accountability in U.S. Law and Its Relevance to a Federal Data Privacy Law: A CIPL Study

Hunton Privacy

Regulatory Compliance and its Relevance for a Federal Data Privacy Law (the “White Paper”). regulatory frameworks lends significant support for including accountability in any new federal privacy law. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission; The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Chapter Eight of the U.S.

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EU Council Presidency Releases Progress Report on Draft ePrivacy Regulation

Hunton Privacy

On June 3, 2020, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (“the Presidency”) published a progress report on the proposed Regulation concerning the Respect for Private Life and the Protection of Personal Data in Electronic Communications and Repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications), better known (..)

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MY TAKE: Is Satya Nadella’s ‘Secure Future Initiative’ a deja vu of ‘Trustworthy Computing?’

The Last Watchdog

On January 15, 2002, Bill Gates issued his famous “ Trustworthy Computing ” (TC) company-wide memo, slamming the brakes on Windows Server 2003 development and temporarily redirecting his top engineers to emphasize security as a top priority. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting. Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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