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Malaysia introduces watershed amendments to Personal Data Protection Act 2010

Data Protection Report

The PDP Bill, which had been under review by the Malaysian Government for some years, introduces significant changes to Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the Malaysian PDPA ), aimed at aligning the Malaysian approach more closely with international data protection regimes.

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Weekly podcast: Yahoo hacker sentenced, acoustic DoS attack and GDPR compliance fails

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 1 June 2018. He also hacked into a further 11,000 accounts between 2010 and his arrest in 2017. Finally, a week into the GDPR’s application, a number of organisations have been in the news after their efforts to comply with the new law went awry. Acting U.S.

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EDPB Issues Statement on U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

Hunton Privacy

Enacted in 2010, FATCA requires that foreign financial institutions report information about financial accounts and assets held by their U.S. government. government. Social Security number.) government to ensure that they comply with the GDPR. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) for purposes of the U.S.

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EU : New SCCs published

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The New SCCs repeal the existing SCCs (dating from 2001, 2004 and 2010) and aim to address the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (“ GDPR ”) and the decision of the European Court of Justice (“ CJEU ”) in Schrems II. Recognise that the New SCCs contain Article 28 GDPR compliant terms.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2019 ­– 39.7 million records leaked

IT Governance

After a rampant start to the year for data breaches and cyber attacks, it’s about time we went one month without at least one massive security incident. June 2019’s total of 39,713,046 breached records is the lowest since May last year – the month that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect. Hackers stole $1.75

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UK: Personal liability for PECR regulatory fines proposed in Government consultation

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

PECR sits alongside the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR and provide data subjects with specific privacy rights in relation to electronic communications. There are specific rules on: • marketing calls, emails, texts and faxes; • cookies (and similar technologies); • keeping communications services secure; and.

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T-Mobile data breach affects more than 1 million customers

IT Governance

Because the breach occurred in the US rather than the EU, it isn’t subject to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , which would have required T-Mobile to inform customers within 72 hours of learning about it. The post T-Mobile data breach affects more than 1 million customers appeared first on IT Governance Blog.