Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

China-linked hackers carried out cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks with TAIDOOR malware. China has been using #Taidoor malware to conduct #cyber espionage on governments, corporations, and think tanks. US government agencies published the Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1

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Data Protector

AUGUST 17, 2020

One of the Government's core objectives throughout the Brexit negotiations has been to respect data protection rights, slash Brussels' red tape and allow the United Kingdom to be a competitive safe haven for businesses all over the world. No longer might UK privacy pros feel obliged to wait for the publication of weirdly worded EDPB opinions.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The man has remained stuck in the Asian country since February 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by the local government and the cancelation of international travel. A Russian man accused of being a member of the TrickBot gang was arrested last week at the Seoul international airport.

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eDiscovery Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In a recent interview CloudNine’s VP of Strategic Partnerships, Rick Clark, conducted with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Jeaneen Kappell, the complexities surrounding government inquiries surfaced as well as what an organization can do in the early days of an investigation.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We thus support your initiative’s focus on this topic, which will encourage businesses to focus carefully on digital governance, help the public understand what the risks and benefits of data use are, and allow regulators to act where such uses are unfair, abusive or discriminatory. That is only fair. Downstream obligations. Data breaches.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 15, 2021

On December 16, 2020, the Committee of Experts within India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) (the “Committee”) issued a revised report on the Non-Personal Data Governance Framework (the “NPDF”) for India (the “Revised Committee Report”).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The government experts released new and updated Malware Analysis Reports (MARs) related to new malware families involved in new attacks carried out by North Korea-linked HIDDEN COBRA group. HappyValentines @CISAgov @DHS @US_CYBERCOM — USCYBERCOM Malware Alert (@CNMF_VirusAlert) February 14, 2020.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 17, 2020

Just when we thought our summers might have been looking a bit dull, it was announced that the Court of Justice of the European Union ( CJEU ) will be making its final ruling in Case C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland & Schrems on 16 July 2020. The third thing to consider is your position.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Not disclosing, subject to specified exceptions, a consumer’s genetic data to certain entities ( e.g. , those responsible for making decisions regarding health insurance, life insurance or employment). Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to HIPAA and the HITECH Act.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 14, 2020

On July 8, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted its White Paper (the “Paper”) as input for the European Data Protection Board’s (the “EDPB”) future guidelines on data subject rights (“DSRs”) (the “Guidelines”).

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

On October 22, 2020, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted its response to the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) call for views and evidence on its review of representative actions under Section 189 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 15, 2019

1, 2020, grants to the state’s over 40 million people a range of rights comparable to the rights given to European citizens with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)–the two legislations are not that similar, but they do share some general features, GDPR is an omnibus law, while CCPA is more limited.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 4, 2021

Helpfully this new second draft does not substantially change the compliance obligations when handling personal information set out in the initial draft published in October 2020 (for our summary click here ). regularly publishing reports on the organisation’s data protection compliance. extra-territorial effect) – must comply.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

On November 2, 2020, Singapore’s legislature finally approved amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). The changes become law once a government gazette is passed (possibly before the end of 2020). Carry out data breach drills or tabletop exercises. NEW mandatory data breach notification requirement.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

In March 2020, The Ministry of Telecommunications (MoTC) issued a directive to all operators in Myanmar with a secret list of 230 sites to be blocked due to the nature of the content; adult content and fake news. In April 2020, Telenor complied with the directive and blocked ALL sites on the block list. Original post at: [link].

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 1, 2020

On November 26, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €2.25 million on Carrefour France and a fine of €800,000 on Carrefour Banque for various violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act governing the use of cookies.

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Collibra

JANUARY 14, 2021

The new work-from-home norm and consumer contract tracing apps are 2020 solutions that further complicate how organizations’ have traditionally safeguarded data. In this blog post, we’ll outline the steps it takes to get an enterprise data protection program going by leveraging core data governance principles.

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IG Guru

APRIL 3, 2020

Today (April 2, 2020), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S

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Data Matters

APRIL 10, 2020

While the world seems to have ground to a halt in so many ways, time still marches on, and along with it, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) enforcement date (July 1, 2020) inches ever closer. The AG’s revisions make only moderate changes to the last round of regulations issued in February 2020.

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InfoGovNuggets

MAY 7, 2019

“Supreme Court Reveals Deep Divisions on 2020 Census Citizenship Question,” The Wall Street Journal , April 24, 2019. That is the Governance question. Questions and answers are information, no doubt. But who controls what questions can be asked? Versus whether it is a good idea to ask the question.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 18, 2021

It’s first directory, Chris Krebs, was fired by then-president Tump for saying that the 2020 election was the most secure election in history. And, finally, CISA partners with local and state governments by sharing best practices from around the country. exercise these whole nation attack plans to prepare.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 28, 2021

The US government has published a software library called six-library designed to parse and manipulate satellite imagery and data for both internal and public use. One thing is for sure, this code is likely used in both government and private code bases and this particular bug has been lying unknown (hopefully!)

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 28, 2021

The US government has published a software library called six-library designed to parse and manipulate satellite imagery and data for both internal and public use. One thing is for sure, this code is likely used in both government and private code bases and this particular bug has been lying unknown (hopefully!)

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Data Protection Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

If a consumer called the insurer, the script used by the call center did not inform the consumer that additional information regarding the insurer’s privacy policy, retention, and how to exercise rights was available at the insurer’s website or through a recording that the consumer could opt to hear. billion for a net result of €222 million.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

This week, we discuss a Bank of England cyber resilience exercise, the latest cyber security news from the US Office of Personnel Management, the highlights of this month’s Patch Tuesday, and a surprising admission by a Japanese cyber security minister. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 16 November.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 1, 2023

Governments must incorporate the directive's requirements into national law within 21 months of the directive's effective date. The proposed Act, based on the 2020 EU Cybersecurity Strategy, will ensure that digital goods for EU customers, including software and wireless and wired products, are more secure.

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AIIM

MAY 12, 2022

According to the SEC, from at least July 2018 through November 2020, JPMS employees communicated with one another on platforms and devices out of the sight and reach of the company’s recordkeeping program. Lesson #2: Platform-Neutral Information Governance Strategy Centered on Ease of Use is Key.

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Collibra

MARCH 12, 2020

The CCPA officially went into effect on January 1, 2020, impacting over 40 million California residents and thousands of businesses who use personal information (PI) around the globe. Businesses cannot discriminate against a consumer for exercising their rights. Here are some of the key takeaways we gathered from the webinar.

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Data Matters

DECEMBER 1, 2021

4 Although the Letter does not rescind these interpretative letters, it indicates that before exercising any of the authorities articulated in those letters, a Bank will need to obtain specific approval tied to the OCC’s assessment of the Bank’s ability to engage in the activity in a safe and sound manner. 21, 2020), available at [link].

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The DPC issued two draft decisions in May 2020, which were subject to challenge and scrutiny by Concerned Supervisory Authorities in the months which followed, resulting in the GDPR dispute resolution procedure being initiated. This is the second major Article 60 draft decision which the DPC has finalised.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 27, 2020

On October 21, 2020, China issued a draft of Personal Information Protection Law (“Draft PIPL”) for public comments. Departments Exercising Personal Information Protection. The data processor shall establish the mechanism for the data subject to exercise his or her rights. Scope of Application. Obligations of Data Processor.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Government White Paper guidance on Schrems II. Moreover, the EDPB guidance contemplates that third-country surveillance (including presumably that of the U.S.) could be undertaken for reasons that satisfy the GDPR’s “public interest” derogation to legitimate data transfers outside the EEA.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

The US government agencies warned of threat actors that are targeting ICS and SCADA systems from various vendors. sys “) by triggering the CVE-2020-15368 flaw to execute malicious code in the Windows kernel. Have a cyber incident response plan, and exercise it regularly with stakeholders in IT, cybersecurity, and operations.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 4, 2020

China’s privacy and cyber authorities have been busy in the last month enacting substantial enhancements and clarifications to data protection compliance obligations; and even more changes are expected before the end of 2020. This includes ensuring robust incident/investigation management and governance protocols are in place.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Japan, the host country of both the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, is well-aware of these previous incidents. Second, Japan announced that the government-backed National Institute of Information and Communications Technology would conduct a national scan of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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CILIP

MARCH 13, 2020

Government advice hub, including advice for the public, employers and businesses - [link]. Coronavirus support from Government. The government announced its budget for 2020-21 on Wednesday 12 March. See the Government Fact Sheet for more information. The Prime Minister has stated the Government?s

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Against this backdrop, and with less than a year before the CCPA goes into effect on January 1, 2020, eyes are now increasingly turning to the California Attorney General (AG). Adjusting the monetary threshold governing what businesses are covered by the Act. Rules for Opt-Out of Sale. Rules for Notices and Information.

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